The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ. Walker, 1815 - 651 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 55
Seite vii
... equal truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every collection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this preference to what some critics ...
... equal truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every collection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this preference to what some critics ...
Seite 27
... equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But , as the world ...
... equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But , as the world ...
Seite 28
... equal crimes in a despotic reign ? Both doom'd alike for sportive tyrants bled , But , while the subject starv'd , the beast was fed . Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began , A mighty hunter , and his prey was man : Our haughty ...
... equal crimes in a despotic reign ? Both doom'd alike for sportive tyrants bled , But , while the subject starv'd , the beast was fed . Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began , A mighty hunter , and his prey was man : Our haughty ...
Seite 39
... , remote and small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too low If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her Ode on St Cecilia's Day.
... , remote and small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too low If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her Ode on St Cecilia's Day.
Seite 51
... equal steps to rise . Just precepts thus from great examples given , She drew from them what they deriv'd from Heaven . The generous critic fann'd the poet's fire , 100 And taught the world with reason to admire . Then criticism the ...
... equal steps to rise . Just precepts thus from great examples given , She drew from them what they deriv'd from Heaven . The generous critic fann'd the poet's fire , 100 And taught the world with reason to admire . Then criticism the ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adrastus ancient Bavius beauty behold blest breast charms Cibber court cried critics crown'd Curll Dennis divine Dulness Dunciad e'en e'er Edmund Curll epigram EPISTLE Essay on Criticism eyes fair fame fate fix'd flame fool genius gentle give glory goddess gods grace happy hath head heart Heaven hero honour Iliad judgement king knave learn'd learned Leonard Welsted live lord lov'd mankind mind mortal muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once passion plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pope praise pride proud queen racter rage REMARKS Richard Blackmore rise sacred Sappho satire SCRIBL sense shade shine sighs sing skies soft soul Sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee thine things thou thought trembling truth Twas verse Virgil virgin virtue Westminster Abbey wife wings words wretched write youth