The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir and NotesAmerican News Company, 1899 - 485 pages |
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... kind of drama , made up of a number of speeches from Ogilby's translation , connected with verses of his own . He persuaded some of the upper boys to act this piece , which , as an uncom- mon curiosity , one would have been glad to have ...
... kind of drama , made up of a number of speeches from Ogilby's translation , connected with verses of his own . He persuaded some of the upper boys to act this piece , which , as an uncom- mon curiosity , one would have been glad to have ...
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... kind of poem , and it is my design to comprise in this short paper the substance of those numerous dissertations that critics have made on the subject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour . You will also find some ...
... kind of poem , and it is my design to comprise in this short paper the substance of those numerous dissertations that critics have made on the subject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour . You will also find some ...
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... kind which any nation has produced ever since the time of Virgil . Not but that he may be thought imper- fect in some few points . His eclogues are somewhat too long , if we compare them with the ancients . He is some- 2 times too ...
... kind which any nation has produced ever since the time of Virgil . Not but that he may be thought imper- fect in some few points . His eclogues are somewhat too long , if we compare them with the ancients . He is some- 2 times too ...
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... kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds his years . He has taken very freely from the ancients . But what he has mixed of his own with theirs is no way inferior to what he has taken from them . It is not flattery at all to say ...
... kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds his years . He has taken very freely from the ancients . But what he has mixed of his own with theirs is no way inferior to what he has taken from them . It is not flattery at all to say ...
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... kind glance at her pursuer flies , How much at variance are her feet and eyes ! STREPHON . O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; The Thames bright shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed ...
... kind glance at her pursuer flies , How much at variance are her feet and eyes ! STREPHON . O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; The Thames bright shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed ...
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Page 213 - Heaven from all creatures hides the Book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 219 - Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 224 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 68 - Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour or her new brocade; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doomed that Shock must fall.
Page 214 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now.
Page 69 - 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.
Page 50 - But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong . In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine but the music there. These equal syllables alone require...
Page 26 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies...
Page 218 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
Page 218 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame ; 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...