The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeBernh. Tauchnitz Jun, 1848 - 305 Seiten |
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... truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every col- lection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this pre- ference to what some critics ...
... truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every col- lection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this pre- ference to what some critics ...
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... truth is sought ; Groves , where immortal sages taught ; Where heavenly visions Plato fired , And Epicurus lay inspired ! In vain your guiltless laurels stood Unspotted long with human blood . War , horrid war , your thoughtful walks ...
... truth is sought ; Groves , where immortal sages taught ; Where heavenly visions Plato fired , And Epicurus lay inspired ! In vain your guiltless laurels stood Unspotted long with human blood . War , horrid war , your thoughtful walks ...
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... Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not yourself ; but , your defects to know , Make use of every friend- and every foe . A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow ...
... Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not yourself ; but , your defects to know , Make use of every friend- and every foe . A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow ...
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... 280 290 What oft was thought , but ne'er so well express'd ; Something , whose truth convinced at sight we find , That gives us back the image of our mind . 300 As shades more sweetly recommend the light , So modest 60 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... 280 290 What oft was thought , but ne'er so well express'd ; Something , whose truth convinced at sight we find , That gives us back the image of our mind . 300 As shades more sweetly recommend the light , So modest 60 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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... truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown proposed as things forgot . Without good - breeding truth is disapproved ; That only makes superior sense beloved . Be ...
... truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown proposed as things forgot . Without good - breeding truth is disapproved ; That only makes superior sense beloved . Be ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient beauty behold bless bless'd bliss blush breast breath bright Cæsar charms courser cried crown'd Cynthus DAPHNIS dear death e'en e'er earth ease eclogue ELOISA TO ABELARD EPISTLE eternal Eurydice eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flowers fool gentle glory Gnome gold grace groves happy heart Heaven honour kings knave learn'd learning live lord Lord Bolingbroke lyre maid mankind mind mortal mourn muse nature ne'er night numbers nymph o'er once pain pass'd passion pastoral plain pleased pleasure poets Pope praise pride proud rage reason rise rules sacred Sappho Semichorus sense shade shine sighs sing skies smiling soft soul swell Sylphs tears Thalestris thee Theocritus thine thou thought trees trembling Umbriel Virgil virgin virtue Westminster Abbey wife William Trumbull winds wise youth