The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volumes 1-2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 pages |
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Page 53
... Pleased , the green lustre of the scales survey , And with their forky tongue shall innocently play . Rise , crown'd with light , imperial Salem , 8 rise ! Exalt thy towery head , and lift thy eyes ! 85 ( 1 ) Ch . ix . ver . 6. ( 2 ) Ch ...
... Pleased , the green lustre of the scales survey , And with their forky tongue shall innocently play . Rise , crown'd with light , imperial Salem , 8 rise ! Exalt thy towery head , and lift thy eyes ! 85 ( 1 ) Ch . ix . ver . 6. ( 2 ) Ch ...
Page 66
... Pleased in the silent shade with empty praise Enough for me , that to the listening swains First in these fields I sang the sylvan strains ODE ON ST . CECILIA'S DAY MDCCVIII . And other Pieces for Music . DESCEND , ye Nine : descend and ...
... Pleased in the silent shade with empty praise Enough for me , that to the listening swains First in these fields I sang the sylvan strains ODE ON ST . CECILIA'S DAY MDCCVIII . And other Pieces for Music . DESCEND , ye Nine : descend and ...
Page 81
... pleased at first , the towering Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky ! The eternal snows appear already pass'd , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But , those attain'd , we tremble to survey ...
... pleased at first , the towering Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky ! The eternal snows appear already pass'd , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But , those attain'd , we tremble to survey ...
Page 82
... Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit . Poets , like painters , thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace , With gold and jewels cover every part , And hide with ...
... Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit . Poets , like painters , thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace , With gold and jewels cover every part , And hide with ...
Page 85
... pleased too little or too much . At every trifle scorn to take offence , 390 That always shows great pride , or little sense : Those heads , as stomachs , are not sure the best , Which nauseate all , and nothing can digest . Yet let not ...
... pleased too little or too much . At every trifle scorn to take offence , 390 That always shows great pride , or little sense : Those heads , as stomachs , are not sure the best , Which nauseate all , and nothing can digest . Yet let not ...
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