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... Genius woo'd the Nine to love , But dulness nodded in the Muses ' grove : Wit , spirit , freedom , were the sole offence , Nor aught was held so dangerous as sense . At length , again fair Science shot her ray , Dawn'd in the skies ...
... Genius woo'd the Nine to love , But dulness nodded in the Muses ' grove : Wit , spirit , freedom , were the sole offence , Nor aught was held so dangerous as sense . At length , again fair Science shot her ray , Dawn'd in the skies ...
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... genius rise , a monument of shame ! More happy France : immortal BOILEAU there Supported genius with a sage's care : Him with her love propitious SATIRE blest : And breath'd Epist . 1 . 17 AND PRECEPTIVE .
... genius rise , a monument of shame ! More happy France : immortal BOILEAU there Supported genius with a sage's care : Him with her love propitious SATIRE blest : And breath'd Epist . 1 . 17 AND PRECEPTIVE .
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... Genius smile , And show'r her bounties o'er her favor'd isle : Behold for POPE she twines the laurel crown , And centers every poet's power in one : Each Roman's force adorns his various page ; Gay smiles , collected strength , and ...
... Genius smile , And show'r her bounties o'er her favor'd isle : Behold for POPE she twines the laurel crown , And centers every poet's power in one : Each Roman's force adorns his various page ; Gay smiles , collected strength , and ...
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... Genius , fir'd by Truth's eternal ray , Burns clear and constant , like the source of day : Like this , its beam prolific and refin'd Feeds , warms , inspirits , and exalts the mind ; Mildly dispels each wint'ry passion's gloom , And ...
... Genius , fir'd by Truth's eternal ray , Burns clear and constant , like the source of day : Like this , its beam prolific and refin'd Feeds , warms , inspirits , and exalts the mind ; Mildly dispels each wint'ry passion's gloom , And ...
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... Genius weep ; But hear his death , ye blockheads , hear and sleep . The festal blazes , the triumphal show , The ravish'd standard , and the captive foe , The senate's thanks , the gazette's pompous tale , With force resistless o'er the ...
... Genius weep ; But hear his death , ye blockheads , hear and sleep . The festal blazes , the triumphal show , The ravish'd standard , and the captive foe , The senate's thanks , the gazette's pompous tale , With force resistless o'er the ...
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Bard beauty Behold Bishop of Gloucester boast bold breast Brentford bright Britain's charms Colley Cibber court dare Democritus destin'd e'er Emperor of China EPISTLES SATIRICAL eunuchs ev'n facundia fair fame fancy Fashion fate fav'rite fear fire flame folly fool frown genius gibbets give glory gold golden reign good-natur'd grace Graecian haec hate hear heart heav'n honor hope Houyhnhnm ibid king land laugh lie Fit lord mankind merit mighty mind Muse ne'er Newmarket night numbers nunc o'er once passion Pindaric pleas'd Poet Pope pow'r praise pride quae Quam quid quod rage refin'd reign resistless ridicule rise risum SATIRE's SATIRICAL AND PRECEPTIVE scarce scenes scorn sense shame shew shine shun skies slave smile speak taste thou thought toil tongue truth Tyburn vice vide virtue Virtue's voice wise words Wreath youth
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Page 20 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 19 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Page 16 - Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th...
Page 23 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Page 17 - Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Page 12 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 19 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page 24 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...
Page 23 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.
Page 29 - But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear, though Britain's court...