Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... rous in our ifle ,. As half - form'd infects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's fo equivocal : To tell ' em , would a hundred tongues require ,. Or one vain wit's , that might a ...
... rous in our ifle ,. As half - form'd infects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's fo equivocal : To tell ' em , would a hundred tongues require ,. Or one vain wit's , that might a ...
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... gen'rous horse , Shows moft true mettle when you check his course . Thofe rules of old discover'd , not devis'd ,. Are nature ftill , but nature methodiz'd : Nature , like Monarchy , is but reftrain'd By the fame laws which first ...
... gen'rous horse , Shows moft true mettle when you check his course . Thofe rules of old discover'd , not devis'd ,. Are nature ftill , but nature methodiz'd : Nature , like Monarchy , is but reftrain'd By the fame laws which first ...
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... gen'rous critic fann'd the poet's fire , 400 And taught the world , with reafon to admire . Then criticism the mufe's handmaid prov'd , To drefs her charms , and make her more belov'd : But following wits from that intention ftray'd ...
... gen'rous critic fann'd the poet's fire , 400 And taught the world , with reafon to admire . Then criticism the mufe's handmaid prov'd , To drefs her charms , and make her more belov'd : But following wits from that intention ftray'd ...
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... gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit : But in fuch lays as neither ebb , nor flow , Correctly cold , and regularly low , ` · That fhunning faults , one quiet tenour keep ; We canot blame indeed - but we may fleep . In wit , as ...
... gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit : But in fuch lays as neither ebb , nor flow , Correctly cold , and regularly low , ` · That fhunning faults , one quiet tenour keep ; We canot blame indeed - but we may fleep . In wit , as ...
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... Gen'rous converfe ; a foul exempt from pride ;: And love to praife , with reafon on his fide ?. Such Such once were critics ; fuch the happy few , and TRANSLATIONS . 63.
... Gen'rous converfe ; a foul exempt from pride ;: And love to praife , with reafon on his fide ?. Such Such once were critics ; fuch the happy few , and TRANSLATIONS . 63.
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Seite 98 - Was it for this you took such constant care The bodkin, comb, and essence to prepare? For this your locks in paper durance bound, For this with...
Seite 60 - The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears.
Seite 75 - What though no credit doubting wits may give? The fair and innocent shall still believe. Know then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky: These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and hover round the Ring.
Seite 40 - Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing thro' the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Seite 124 - Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before, And those love-darting eyes must roll no more. Thus, if Eternal Justice rules the ball, Thus...
Seite 27 - Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers; Prepare the way! a God, a God appears: A God, a God! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim th
Seite 158 - Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Seite 95 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head.
Seite 136 - To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon ; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire ; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.
Seite 83 - Colours flings, Colours that change whene'er they wave their Wings. Amid the Circle, on the gilded Mast, Superior by the head, was Ariel...