The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ....: An essay on criticism. An essay on man. Universal prayer. Moral essays. [Miscellaneous poems] Imitations of English poetsWilliam Pickering, 1835 |
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... thou the first true merit to befriend ; His praise is lost who stays till all commend . Short is the date , alas ! of modern rhymes , And ' tis but just to let them live betimes . No longer now that golden age appears , When patriarch ...
... thou the first true merit to befriend ; His praise is lost who stays till all commend . Short is the date , alas ! of modern rhymes , And ' tis but just to let them live betimes . No longer now that golden age appears , When patriarch ...
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... thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they ...
... thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they ...
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... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such ; Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , if man's ...
... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such ; Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , if man's ...
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... thou canst bear ; Safe in the hand of one disposing Power , Or in the natal or the mortal hour . All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance direction , which thou canst not see ; All discord , harmony not understood ; All ...
... thou canst bear ; Safe in the hand of one disposing Power , Or in the natal or the mortal hour . All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance direction , which thou canst not see ; All discord , harmony not understood ; All ...
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... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good . Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spreads the flowery lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good . Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spreads the flowery lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
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ALEXANDER POPE Ambrose Philips ANTISTROPHE Balaam beauty behold bless'd blessing bliss breast breath Cæsar charms Countess of Suffolk cried critics crown'd dame dear death e'en e'er ease envy EPISTLE ESSAY ON CRITICISM Eurydice Eustace Budgell eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame fool gentle gold grace Gulliver's Travels happiness heart Heaven honour Houyhnhnm join'd king knave knight lady learn'd learning live lord lyre man's mankind mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once Ovid pain parterre passion pleas'd pleasure poet Pope praise pride proud rage rais'd reason rise rules sage Sappho seem'd self-love SEMICHORUS sense shade shine sigh skies SMIL soft soul spouse squire taste thee things thou thought true Twas tyrant virtue whate'er whole wife wise youth