The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... head . Nor boasts the Mufe a vain imagin'd Power , Though oft the mourns thofe ills fhe cannot cure . The Worthy court her , and the Worthlefs fear ; Who fhun her piercing eye , that eye revere . Her awful voice the Vain and Vile obey ...
... head . Nor boasts the Mufe a vain imagin'd Power , Though oft the mourns thofe ills fhe cannot cure . The Worthy court her , and the Worthlefs fear ; Who fhun her piercing eye , that eye revere . Her awful voice the Vain and Vile obey ...
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... head : When private Faith and public Trust are fold , And Traitors barter Liberty for gold : 300 When fell Corruption dark and deep , like fate , Saps the foundation of a finking State : When Giant - Vice and Irreligion rife , 305 On ...
... head : When private Faith and public Trust are fold , And Traitors barter Liberty for gold : 300 When fell Corruption dark and deep , like fate , Saps the foundation of a finking State : When Giant - Vice and Irreligion rife , 305 On ...
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... head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear , repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another , in this general frame : Just as abfurd , to mourn the tasks or pains The great ...
... head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear , repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another , in this general frame : Just as abfurd , to mourn the tasks or pains The great ...
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... heads to imitate the Sun. Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule- Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! Superior beings , when of late they faw . A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law , Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly shape , And ...
... heads to imitate the Sun. Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule- Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! Superior beings , when of late they faw . A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law , Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly shape , And ...
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... head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread , Imagination plies her dangerous art , And pours it all upon the peccant part . Nature its mother , Habit is its nurse ; Wit , Spirit , Faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself ...
... head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread , Imagination plies her dangerous art , And pours it all upon the peccant part . Nature its mother , Habit is its nurse ; Wit , Spirit , Faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself ...
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aetas againſt Aſk atque Balaam beſt Biſhop bleffing bleft bluſh breaſt Cæfar cauſe charms Court Dæmon eafe eaſe EPISTLE ev'n eyes fame fate fave fhall fhould fibi fince fing firſt foft Folly fome fool foul ftill ftrong fuch fure grace Happineſs heart Heaven himſelf honeft honour Houſe juft juſt King Knave laft laſt learn'd lefs leſs loft Lord lov'd ludicra mankind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Nature ne'er numbers nunc o'er Paffion paſs paſt pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poet praiſe pride purſue quae quid quod Reaſon reft reſt rife riſe Sappho Satire ſay ſcarce ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſmile ſome ſpread ſtate ſtill Taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi truſt Truth Twas uſe VARIATION Verfe verſe Vice Virtue whofe whoſe wife worfe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 41 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Seite 29 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Seite 39 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 77 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Seite 50 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Seite 156 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 60 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Seite 64 - For nature knew no right divine in men ; No ill could fear in God, and understood A...
Seite 69 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Seite 56 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.