The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poemsJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... Hair , Made by thy Mufe the envy of the Fair ? Lefs fhone the treffes Ægypt's princess wore , Which sweet Callimachus fo fung before . Here courtly trifles fet the world at odds ; Belles war with Beaux , and Whims defcend for Gods . The ...
... Hair , Made by thy Mufe the envy of the Fair ? Lefs fhone the treffes Ægypt's princess wore , Which sweet Callimachus fo fung before . Here courtly trifles fet the world at odds ; Belles war with Beaux , and Whims defcend for Gods . The ...
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... hair ; REMARK S. IMITATIONS . VER . 162. Queen ANNE . VER . 175 . Nec pofitu variare comas ; ubi fibula veftem , Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos . Ovid . 180 A painted quiver on her fhoulder founds , And G 3 WINDSOR - FOREST . ΙΟΙ.
... hair ; REMARK S. IMITATIONS . VER . 162. Queen ANNE . VER . 175 . Nec pofitu variare comas ; ubi fibula veftem , Vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos . Ovid . 180 A painted quiver on her fhoulder founds , And G 3 WINDSOR - FOREST . ΙΟΙ.
Page 102
... hair . VER . 183 , 186 . " IMITATIONS . Ut fugere accipitrem penna trepidante columbæ , Ut folet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas . VER . 191 , 194 . Ovid Sol erat a tergo : vidi præcedere longam Ante pedes umbram : nifi fi timor ...
... hair . VER . 183 , 186 . " IMITATIONS . Ut fugere accipitrem penna trepidante columbæ , Ut folet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas . VER . 191 , 194 . Ovid Sol erat a tergo : vidi præcedere longam Ante pedes umbram : nifi fi timor ...
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... Hair , which I always mention with reverence . ) The Human perfons are as fictitious as the Airy ones ; and the character of Belinda , as it is now manag'd , refem- bles you in nothing but in Beauty . If this Poem had as many Graces as ...
... Hair , which I always mention with reverence . ) The Human perfons are as fictitious as the Airy ones ; and the character of Belinda , as it is now manag'd , refem- bles you in nothing but in Beauty . If this Poem had as many Graces as ...
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... hair . The Author fent it to the Lady , with whom he was acquainted ; and she took it fo well as to give about co- pies of it . That firft sketch , ( we learn from one of his Letters ) was written in lefs than a fortnight , in 1711. in ...
... hair . The Author fent it to the Lady , with whom he was acquainted ; and she took it fo well as to give about co- pies of it . That firft sketch , ( we learn from one of his Letters ) was written in lefs than a fortnight , in 1711. in ...
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Page 88 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 188 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a Matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, 35 Are, as when women, wond'rous fond of place.
Page 90 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 207 - Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere, Since all things lost on earth are treasur'd there. There heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers...
Page 207 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord with manly strength...
Page 180 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves ; And all the trophies of his former loves ; 40 With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire.
Page 134 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Page 212 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Page 58 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! No more the rising Sun shall gild the morn, Nor...
Page 124 - The manners, passions, unities ; what not ? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a Combat in the lists left out. "What!" leave the Combat out?" exclaims the Knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. 280 "Not so by Heav'n" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage." So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain. "Then build a new, or act it in a plain.