The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Bände 1-2 |
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... got than Bestia's from the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor
marrying discord in a noble wife ; Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good
man walk'd innoxious through his age : - No courts be saw , no suits would ever
try.
... got than Bestia's from the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor
marrying discord in a noble wife ; Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good
man walk'd innoxious through his age : - No courts be saw , no suits would ever
try.
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You that , too wise for pride , too good for power Enjoy the glory to be great no
more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world
illustriously are lost ; O let my muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native
shades you ...
You that , too wise for pride , too good for power Enjoy the glory to be great no
more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world
illustriously are lost ; O let my muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native
shades you ...
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With joyful pride survey'st our lofty woods ; Where lowering oaks their growing
ionours rear , And future navies on thy shores appear . Not Neptune's self from all
her streams receives A wealthier tribute than to thine he gives . No seas so rich ...
With joyful pride survey'st our lofty woods ; Where lowering oaks their growing
ionours rear , And future navies on thy shores appear . Not Neptune's self from all
her streams receives A wealthier tribute than to thine he gives . No seas so rich ...
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Exiled by thee from earth to deepest hell , In brazen bonds shall barbarous
discord dwell : Gigantic pride , pale terror , gloomy care , And mad ambition shall
attend her there : There purple vengeance bathed in gore retires , Her weapons ...
Exiled by thee from earth to deepest hell , In brazen bonds shall barbarous
discord dwell : Gigantic pride , pale terror , gloomy care , And mad ambition shall
attend her there : There purple vengeance bathed in gore retires , Her weapons ...
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To teach vain wits a science little known , To admire superior sense , and doubt
their own ! 200 PART II . Causes hindering a true judgment . 1. Pride , ver . 201 .
2. Imperfect learning , ver . 215 . 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole , ver .
To teach vain wits a science little known , To admire superior sense , and doubt
their own ! 200 PART II . Causes hindering a true judgment . 1. Pride , ver . 201 .
2. Imperfect learning , ver . 215 . 3. Judging by parts , and not by the whole , ver .
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Seite 238 - 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 7 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 3 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 71 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Seite 247 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Seite 96 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Seite 244 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Seite 234 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Seite 76 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Seite 71 - 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.