The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the use of young people, by W.C. MacreadyBradbury & Evans, 1849 - 392 pages |
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... things as other people , without being so severely remarked upon . I believe , if any one , early in his life , should contemplate the dangerous fate of authors , he would scarce be of their number on any consideration . The life of a ...
... things as other people , without being so severely remarked upon . I believe , if any one , early in his life , should contemplate the dangerous fate of authors , he would scarce be of their number on any consideration . The life of a ...
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... things from seeing the light , but many which I thought tolerable . I would not be like those authors , who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole poem , and vice versâ , a whole poem for the sake of some ...
... things from seeing the light , but many which I thought tolerable . I would not be like those authors , who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole poem , and vice versâ , a whole poem for the sake of some ...
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... thing , as that every body should be deceived merely for my credit . However , I desire it may then be considered , that there are very few things in this collection which were not written under the age of five - and - twenty : so that ...
... thing , as that every body should be deceived merely for my credit . However , I desire it may then be considered , that there are very few things in this collection which were not written under the age of five - and - twenty : so that ...
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... things as will die of themselves ; and a memento mori to some of my vain con- temporaries the poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encouraged by the great , commended by the eminent ...
... things as will die of themselves ; and a memento mori to some of my vain con- temporaries the poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encouraged by the great , commended by the eminent ...
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... things inani- mate ; by beautiful digressions , but those short ; some- times by insisting a little on circumstances ; and lastly , by elegant turns on the words , which render the numbers extremely sweet and pleasing . As for the ...
... things inani- mate ; by beautiful digressions , but those short ; some- times by insisting a little on circumstances ; and lastly , by elegant turns on the words , which render the numbers extremely sweet and pleasing . As for the ...
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Page 314 - Sense ! See Mystery to Mathematics fly! In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 127 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way ; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven...
Page 12 - Rise, crown'd with light, imperial Salem, rise! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes! 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 12 - Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; But lost, dissolved in thy superior rays, One tide of glory, one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts; the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine...
Page 156 - That REASON, PASSION, answer one great aim ; That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the same ; That VIRTUE only makes our bliss below ; And all our knowledge is, OURSELVES TO KNOW. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. DEO OPT. MAX, FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord...
Page 37 - Who gave the ball or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes: At every word a reputation dies.
Page 27 - whispers through the trees:" If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep...
Page 127 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Page 11 - No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes. Nor fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er, The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a plough-share end.
Page 36 - 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.