The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volume 1T. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 pages |
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... verses farther back than he could well remember ; and , at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner , a priest , who taught him the rudiments of the Latin and Greek tongues at the same time , he met with Ogilby's Homer ...
... verses farther back than he could well remember ; and , at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner , a priest , who taught him the rudiments of the Latin and Greek tongues at the same time , he met with Ogilby's Homer ...
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... verses on Silence , in imitation of the Earl of Rochester's poem on Nothing . Thus we find him no sooner capable of holding the pen than he employed it in writing verses : " He lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have ...
... verses on Silence , in imitation of the Earl of Rochester's poem on Nothing . Thus we find him no sooner capable of holding the pen than he employed it in writing verses : " He lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have ...
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... verses are very tender and easy . The au- " thor seems to have a particular genius for this kind " of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds the " years you told me he was of . It is no flattery at all " to say , that Virgil had ...
... verses are very tender and easy . The au- " thor seems to have a particular genius for this kind " of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds the " years you told me he was of . It is no flattery at all " to say , that Virgil had ...
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... Verse , the Essay on the Art of Poetry , and the " Essay on Criticism . " Addison and Pope were now at the head of poetry and criticism ; and both in such a state of elevation , that , like the two rivals in the Roman state , one could ...
... Verse , the Essay on the Art of Poetry , and the " Essay on Criticism . " Addison and Pope were now at the head of poetry and criticism ; and both in such a state of elevation , that , like the two rivals in the Roman state , one could ...
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... verses denominated a libel , but which were , it is said , a friendly rebuke , sent privately in our author's own hand , to Mr. Addison himself , and never made public till by Curl , in his Miscellanies , 12mo . 1727 . The lines ...
... verses denominated a libel , but which were , it is said , a friendly rebuke , sent privately in our author's own hand , to Mr. Addison himself , and never made public till by Curl , in his Miscellanies , 12mo . 1727 . The lines ...
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Page 21 - 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 21 - Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise: Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
Page 176 - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast: There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy relics made. So peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame.
Page 21 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Page 174 - Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes, The glorious fault of angels and of gods; Thence to their images on earth it flows, And in the breasts of kings and heroes glows.
Page 122 - The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear.
Page 17 - 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 ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 121 - Oh spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! See, Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, With all the incense of the breathing spring...
Page 123 - The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead : The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet.
Page 164 - Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. Still as the sea, ere winds were taught to blow, Or moving spirit bade the waters flow; Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiv'n, And mild as op'ning gleams of promis'd heav'n.