The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1841 - 484 pages |
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... commands the vision of the night : directs Fly hence , delusive dream , and , light as air , To Agamemnon's royal tent ... command ; ( For doubtful fame distracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) Without your ...
... commands the vision of the night : directs Fly hence , delusive dream , and , light as air , To Agamemnon's royal tent ... command ; ( For doubtful fame distracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) Without your ...
Page 58
... command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . First follow nature , and your judgment frame By her just standard , which is still the same : Unerring nature , still divinely bright , Be Homer's works your study and delight ...
... command , Would all but stoop to what they understand . First follow nature , and your judgment frame By her just standard , which is still the same : Unerring nature , still divinely bright , Be Homer's works your study and delight ...
Page 61
... command , And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ; 480 540 Nay , wits had pensions , and young lords had wit : The fair sat panting at a courtier's play ...
... command , And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ; 480 540 Nay , wits had pensions , and young lords had wit : The fair sat panting at a courtier's play ...
Page 62
... command . grace , Thee , bold Longinus ! all the Nine inspire , And bless their critic with a poet's fire : An ardent judge , who , zealous in his trust , With warmth gives sentence , yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens ...
... command . grace , Thee , bold Longinus ! all the Nine inspire , And bless their critic with a poet's fire : An ardent judge , who , zealous in his trust , With warmth gives sentence , yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens ...
Page 74
... command . Barbarian , stay ! that bloody stroke restrain : The crime was common , common be the pain . I can no more ; by shame , by rage suppress'd , Let tears and burning blushes speak the rest . Canst thou forget that sad , that ...
... command . Barbarian , stay ! that bloody stroke restrain : The crime was common , common be the pain . I can no more ; by shame , by rage suppress'd , Let tears and burning blushes speak the rest . Canst thou forget that sad , that ...
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