The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1835 - 442 pages |
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... poems , that " he lisp'd in numbers ; ” and used to say that he could not re- member the time when he began to make verses Pope was from his birth of a constitution tender In the style of fiction it might have been said of him and ...
... poems , that " he lisp'd in numbers ; ” and used to say that he could not re- member the time when he began to make verses Pope was from his birth of a constitution tender In the style of fiction it might have been said of him and ...
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... poets , and among the English poets by the carly exertion of professed to have written at fourteen his poem upon their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were ' Silence , ' after Rochester's ' Nothing . ' He had now published in his ...
... poets , and among the English poets by the carly exertion of professed to have written at fourteen his poem upon their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were ' Silence , ' after Rochester's ' Nothing . ' He had now published in his ...
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... poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard The pamphlet is such as rage might be expected was gained by the ' Pastorals , ' and from him Pope to dictate . He supposes himself to be asked two received the counsel from which he ...
... poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard The pamphlet is such as rage might be expected was gained by the ' Pastorals , ' and from him Pope to dictate . He supposes himself to be asked two received the counsel from which he ...
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... poems , the life of half a day . - Let the per- I can therefore tell no more than I have learned son of a gentleman of his ... poem , consisting of precepts , is so " a false guardian ; " he seems to have done only far arbitrary and ...
... poems , the life of half a day . - Let the per- I can therefore tell no more than I have learned son of a gentleman of his ... poem , consisting of precepts , is so " a false guardian ; " he seems to have done only far arbitrary and ...
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... poem of two cantos was writ - observation as that work exhibits . ten ( 1711 , ) as is said , in a fortnight , and sent to On this poem Dennis afterwards published some the offended lady , who liked it well enough to remarks , of which ...
... poem of two cantos was writ - observation as that work exhibits . ten ( 1711 , ) as is said , in a fortnight , and sent to On this poem Dennis afterwards published some the offended lady , who liked it well enough to remarks , of which ...
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Page 97 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan...
Page 62 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 56 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, 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. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 66 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 118 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 56 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 107 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives...
Page 108 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Page 122 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 100 - 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...