Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village |
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Page 20
Who saw its fires here rise , and there descend , Explain his own beginning , or
his end ? Alas , what wonder ! map ' s superior part Uncheck ' d may rise , and
climb from art to art : 40 But when his own great work is but begun , What reason
...
Who saw its fires here rise , and there descend , Explain his own beginning , or
his end ? Alas , what wonder ! map ' s superior part Uncheck ' d may rise , and
climb from art to art : 40 But when his own great work is but begun , What reason
...
Page 27
See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply , ( By
turns we catch the vital breath and die ) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne ,
They rise , they break , and to that sea return . 20 Nothing is foreign : parts relate
...
See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply , ( By
turns we catch the vital breath and die ) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne ,
They rise , they break , and to that sea return . 20 Nothing is foreign : parts relate
...
Page 45
360 God loves from whole to parts ; but human soul Must rise from individual to
the whole . Self - love but serves the virtuous mind to wake , As the small pebble
stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov ' d , a circle straight succeeds , 365 ...
360 God loves from whole to parts ; but human soul Must rise from individual to
the whole . Self - love but serves the virtuous mind to wake , As the small pebble
stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov ' d , a circle straight succeeds , 365 ...
Page 97
Whatever fruits in different climes are found , That proudly rise , or humbly court
the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear , Whose bright succession
decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives
...
Whatever fruits in different climes are found , That proudly rise , or humbly court
the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear , Whose bright succession
decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives
...
Page 104
... Should in columnar diminution rise : While , should one order disproportion ' d
grow , Its double weight must ruin all below . O then how blind to all that truth
requires , Who think it freedom when a part aspires ! Calm is my soul , nor apt to
rise ...
... Should in columnar diminution rise : While , should one order disproportion ' d
grow , Its double weight must ruin all below . O then how blind to all that truth
requires , Who think it freedom when a part aspires ! Calm is my soul , nor apt to
rise ...
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Page 88 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 19 - 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 86 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Page 114 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 18 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 112 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Page 14 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 115 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 118 - And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Page 85 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight...
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| Title | Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village |
| Author | Elegant poems |
| Published | 1814 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2006 |
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