The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorJ. Walker, 1806 - 651 Seiten |
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... equal truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every collection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this preference to what some critics ...
... equal truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every collection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this preference to what some critics ...
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... equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But , as the world ...
... equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But , as the world ...
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... equal crimes in a despotic reign ? Both doom'd alike for sportive tyrants bled , But , while the subject starv'd , the beast was fed . Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began , A mighty hunter , and his prey was man : Our haughty ...
... equal crimes in a despotic reign ? Both doom'd alike for sportive tyrants bled , But , while the subject starv'd , the beast was fed . Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began , A mighty hunter , and his prey was man : Our haughty ...
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... , remote and small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too low . If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her Ode on St Cecilia's.
... , remote and small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too low . If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her Ode on St Cecilia's.
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... equal steps to rise . Just precepts thus from great examples given , She drew from them what they deriv'd from Heaven . The gen'rous critic fann'd the poet's fire , And taught the world with reason to admire . Then criticism the muse's ...
... equal steps to rise . Just precepts thus from great examples given , She drew from them what they deriv'd from Heaven . The gen'rous critic fann'd the poet's fire , And taught the world with reason to admire . Then criticism the muse's ...
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