The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poemsJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... head , the only plea- fures in which a man is fufficient to himself , and the only part of him which , to his fatisfaction , he can employ all day long . The Muses are amicæ omnium horarum ; and , like our gay acquaintance , the best ...
... head , the only plea- fures in which a man is fufficient to himself , and the only part of him which , to his fatisfaction , he can employ all day long . The Muses are amicæ omnium horarum ; and , like our gay acquaintance , the best ...
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... Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : 10 Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are ( xiv )
... Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : 10 Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are ( xiv )
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... ; a Satire - train Peeps o'er their head , and laughs behind the scene . In Fame's fair Temple , o'er the boldest wits Infhrin'd on high the facred Virgil fits 30 And fits in measures fuch as Virgil's Mufe To place BA B 4 ( xxiii )
... ; a Satire - train Peeps o'er their head , and laughs behind the scene . In Fame's fair Temple , o'er the boldest wits Infhrin'd on high the facred Virgil fits 30 And fits in measures fuch as Virgil's Mufe To place BA B 4 ( xxiii )
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... head : the trees , 40 Still flide thy waters , soft among Thy afpins quiver in a breathing . breeze ! Smile , all ye valleys , in eternal spring , Be hufh'd , ye winds , while Pope and Virgil fing . 45 In English lays , and all ...
... head : the trees , 40 Still flide thy waters , soft among Thy afpins quiver in a breathing . breeze ! Smile , all ye valleys , in eternal spring , Be hufh'd , ye winds , while Pope and Virgil fing . 45 In English lays , and all ...
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... head . This to my Friend --- and when a friend infpires , My filent harp its master's hand requires . Shakes off the duft , and makes these rocks refound ; • Far from the joys that with my foul agree For fortune plac'd me in unfertile ...
... head . This to my Friend --- and when a friend infpires , My filent harp its master's hand requires . Shakes off the duft , and makes these rocks refound ; • Far from the joys that with my foul agree For fortune plac'd me in unfertile ...
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Seite 88 - 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 188 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a Matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, 35 Are, as when women, wond'rous fond of place.
Seite 90 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Seite 207 - Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere, Since all things lost on earth are treasur'd there. There heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers...
Seite 207 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord with manly strength...
Seite 180 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves ; And all the trophies of his former loves ; 40 With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire.
Seite 134 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Seite 212 - 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 58 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! No more the rising Sun shall gild the morn, Nor...
Seite 124 - The manners, passions, unities ; what not ? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a Combat in the lists left out. "What!" leave the Combat out?" exclaims the Knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. 280 "Not so by Heav'n" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage." So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain. "Then build a new, or act it in a plain.