An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 pages |
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... means the shining talent of POPE . This assertion may be manifested by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are not equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in gene- ral , and not the peculiar ...
... means the shining talent of POPE . This assertion may be manifested by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are not equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in gene- ral , and not the peculiar ...
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... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rosamonda humilis sub culmine tecti Marginis obscuri servat inane decus , Rara intermissæ circum vestigia molis , Et sola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim sedes riguæ convallis in ...
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rosamonda humilis sub culmine tecti Marginis obscuri servat inane decus , Rara intermissæ circum vestigia molis , Et sola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim sedes riguæ convallis in ...
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... means his only excellencies ; he is equally to be praised for impressing on our minds the effects , which the scene delineated would have on the pre- sent spectator or hearer . Thus having spoken of the roaring of the savages in a ...
... means his only excellencies ; he is equally to be praised for impressing on our minds the effects , which the scene delineated would have on the pre- sent spectator or hearer . Thus having spoken of the roaring of the savages in a ...
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... principles lead them to condemn Thom- son , they must also condemn the Georgics of Virgil ; and the greatest part of the noblest descriptive VOL . I. E descriptive poem extant , I mean that of Lucre- tius AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 49.
... principles lead them to condemn Thom- son , they must also condemn the Georgics of Virgil ; and the greatest part of the noblest descriptive VOL . I. E descriptive poem extant , I mean that of Lucre- tius AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 49.
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Joseph Warton. descriptive poem extant , I mean that of Lucre- tius . We are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of POPE . He used to declare , that if Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after ...
Joseph Warton. descriptive poem extant , I mean that of Lucre- tius . We are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of POPE . He used to declare , that if Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after ...
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Page 145 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 36 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 134 - Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th...
Page 7 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Page 231 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Page 315 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 219 - water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
Page 220 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Page 390 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Page 223 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.