The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... Nature being wearied out with continual distress , and being driven at last to despair , the unfortunate lady , as Mr. Pope justly calls her , put an end to her own life , having bribed a maid - servant to procure her a sword xii LIFE ...
... Nature being wearied out with continual distress , and being driven at last to despair , the unfortunate lady , as Mr. Pope justly calls her , put an end to her own life , having bribed a maid - servant to procure her a sword xii LIFE ...
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... nature of criticism ; they are mere assertion . Pope had declared Homer to abound with irregular beau- ties . Dacier has contradicted him , and asserted , that all his beauties are regular , but no reason is assigned by either of these ...
... nature of criticism ; they are mere assertion . Pope had declared Homer to abound with irregular beau- ties . Dacier has contradicted him , and asserted , that all his beauties are regular , but no reason is assigned by either of these ...
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... Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; ' f Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills ...
... Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; ' f Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills ...
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... Nature change , let heaven and earth deplore ; Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear ...
... Nature change , let heaven and earth deplore ; Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear ...
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... Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon2 his head advance , See nodding forests on the mountains dance : See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise , And Carmel's ...
... Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon2 his head advance , See nodding forests on the mountains dance : See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise , And Carmel's ...
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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 9 - 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 5 - 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.