The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... foul ; and that some wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleasing the critics , PAS- PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL . Written in PREFACE . 13.
... foul ; and that some wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleasing the critics , PAS- PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL . Written in PREFACE . 13.
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... wife 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 illuftriously are loft ! O let my Muse her flender reed inspire , Till in your native shades ...
... wife 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 illuftriously are loft ! O let my Muse her flender reed inspire , Till in your native shades ...
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... wife and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , 245 250 To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free foul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam ...
... wife and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , 245 250 To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free foul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam ...
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... wife ! He fung , and hell confented To hear the Poet's prayer ; Stern Proferpine relented , And gave him back the fair . Thus fong could prevail O'er death , and o'er hell , A conquest how hard and how glorious ! Though fate had fast ...
... wife ! He fung , and hell confented To hear the Poet's prayer ; Stern Proferpine relented , And gave him back the fair . Thus fong could prevail O'er death , and o'er hell , A conquest how hard and how glorious ! Though fate had fast ...
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... wife . ' Tis more to guide , than spur the Muse's steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courfer , like a generous horse , Shows most true mettle when you check his course . Thofe RULES of old difcover'd , not ...
... wife . ' Tis more to guide , than spur the Muse's steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courfer , like a generous horse , Shows most true mettle when you check his course . Thofe RULES of old difcover'd , not ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
beſt bluſh boaſt breaſt cauſe ceaſe charms cloſe crown'd cry'd Cynthus Dæmons Deucalion Dryope eaſe ev'n eyes facred faid fair fame fate feas feem fenfe fhades fhall fhining fide fighs filent filver fince fing fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flowers foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftill fuch fung fure fwell Goddeſs grace groves heart heaven himſelf honours huſband IMITATION inſpire itſelf juft juſt laft laſt lefs loft lov'd mihi moſt Mufe Muſe muſt night numbers Nymph o'er paffions paſt Phaon Phoebus pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe Pyrrha quae rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Sappho ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpouſe ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrain ſtreams Sylphs tears Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi trembling Umbriel uſe VARIATIONS verſe whofe whoſe wife youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 85 - 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.
Seite 111 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Seite 105 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Seite 159 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Seite 47 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard...
Seite 137 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Seite 86 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark, they whisper ; angels say,
Seite 132 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Seite 103 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Seite 129 - And love of ombre, after death survive. For when the fair in all their pride expire, To their first elements their souls retire : The...