Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village1814 |
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... force , as well as grace of arguments or instructions , depends on their conciseness . I was unable to treat this part of my subject more in de- tail , without becoming dry and tedious ; or more poetically , without sacrificing ...
... force , as well as grace of arguments or instructions , depends on their conciseness . I was unable to treat this part of my subject more in de- tail , without becoming dry and tedious ; or more poetically , without sacrificing ...
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... force , 122 to 150 . Its necessity in directing men to different purposes , 153 , & c . Its providential use , in fixing our princi- ple and ascertaining our virtue , 167. Virtue and vice joined in our mixed nature ; the limits near ...
... force , 122 to 150 . Its necessity in directing men to different purposes , 153 , & c . Its providential use , in fixing our princi- ple and ascertaining our virtue , 167. Virtue and vice joined in our mixed nature ; the limits near ...
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... force ; All in exact proportion to the state ; Nothing to add , and nothing to abate . Each beast , each insect , happy in its own ; Is heaven unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone whom rational we call , 185 Be pleas'd with ...
... force ; All in exact proportion to the state ; Nothing to add , and nothing to abate . Each beast , each insect , happy in its own ; Is heaven unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone whom rational we call , 185 Be pleas'd with ...
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... force divine , The scale to measure other's wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise , " Tis this , Tho ' man's a fool , yet God is wise . 285 290 EPISTLE III . HERE then we rest : The Universal 26 POPE'S ESSAY.
... force divine , The scale to measure other's wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise , " Tis this , Tho ' man's a fool , yet God is wise . 285 290 EPISTLE III . HERE then we rest : The Universal 26 POPE'S ESSAY.
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... Force first made conquest , and that conquest , law ; Till superstition taught the tyrant awe ; Then shar'd the tyranny , then lent it aid , And gods of conqu'rors , slaves of subjects made : She midst the lightning's blaze , and ...
... Force first made conquest , and that conquest , law ; Till superstition taught the tyrant awe ; Then shar'd the tyranny , then lent it aid , And gods of conqu'rors , slaves of subjects made : She midst the lightning's blaze , and ...
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alike Amidst beneath Blair blank verse bless'd blessing blest bliss blood boast breast breath charms climes creature dear death e'en e'er earth ease Elegy EPISTLE EPISTLE II eternal ev'n ev'ry fame fear fix'd flies fool form'd gen'ral giv'n grave hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hope hope and fear human instinct int'rest kings land laws learn'd looks lord luxury man's mankind mind monarch moral nature nature's ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passions plac'd Pleas'd pleasure poem poor pow'r pride proud reason reign rest rich rill rise Robert Blair round Self-love shade shame sire skies slave smiling society soul spread strength swain sweet SWEET AUBURN taught tell thee thine thing thou thro toil Twas tyrant vice village virtue weak wealth Whilst whole wise world unknown wretch yonder
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 88 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Seite 19 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 86 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Seite 114 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Seite 18 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Seite 112 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Seite 14 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Seite 115 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Seite 118 - And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Seite 85 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight...