The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... Fame 141 January and May 155 The Wife of Bath , her Prologue 177 Thebais of Statius 189 The Fable of Dryope 213 Vertumnus and Pomona 216 * mitations of English Poets , -Chaucer 220 Spenser ib . Waller 222 Cowley 223 Phryne Earl of ...
... Fame 141 January and May 155 The Wife of Bath , her Prologue 177 Thebais of Statius 189 The Fable of Dryope 213 Vertumnus and Pomona 216 * mitations of English Poets , -Chaucer 220 Spenser ib . Waller 222 Cowley 223 Phryne Earl of ...
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... fame than any of our for- mer English poets . His Messiah , his Windsor Fo- rest , ( the first part of which was written at the same time with his pastorals ) his Essay on Criticism in 1709 , and his Rape of the Lock in 1712 ...
... fame than any of our for- mer English poets . His Messiah , his Windsor Fo- rest , ( the first part of which was written at the same time with his pastorals ) his Essay on Criticism in 1709 , and his Rape of the Lock in 1712 ...
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... fame , and with whom he for some time lived in the most unreserved intimacy . This poet in nis old age , conceived a design of publishing his poems ; and as he was but a very imperfect master of numbers , he intrusted his manuscripts to ...
... fame , and with whom he for some time lived in the most unreserved intimacy . This poet in nis old age , conceived a design of publishing his poems ; and as he was but a very imperfect master of numbers , he intrusted his manuscripts to ...
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... fame ; How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; " Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! No poem of our author's more deservedly obtained him ...
... fame ; How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; " Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! No poem of our author's more deservedly obtained him ...
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... fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful ...
... fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful ...
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Page 240 - 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 11 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 7 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 73 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Page 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Page 98 - Soft yielding minds to 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 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Page 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Page 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Page 73 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.