The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Life |
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... thought tolerable . I would not be like those authors who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole poem , and vice versa a whole poem for the sake of some par- ticular lines . I believe no one qualification is so ...
... thought tolerable . I would not be like those authors who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole poem , and vice versa a whole poem for the sake of some par- ticular lines . I believe no one qualification is so ...
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... thought , but ne'er so well express'd ; Something , whose truth , convinced at sight we find , That gives us back the image of our mind . As shades more sweetly recommend the light , So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit . For ...
... thought , but ne'er so well express'd ; Something , whose truth , convinced at sight we find , That gives us back the image of our mind . As shades more sweetly recommend the light , So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit . For ...
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... thoughts to the standard of pastoral ; as his contention of Colin - Clout and the Nightingale shows with what exactness he hath imitated every line in Strada . When I remarked it as a principal fault to ... thought 469 POPE'S POEMS .
... thoughts to the standard of pastoral ; as his contention of Colin - Clout and the Nightingale shows with what exactness he hath imitated every line in Strada . When I remarked it as a principal fault to ... thought 469 POPE'S POEMS .
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Adrastus ancient beauty behold blest breast breath bright charms court critics crown'd Cynthus divine Dryope Dulness Dunciad e'er eclogue Essay on Criticism eternal eyes fair fame fate fire flames flowers fools gentle give glory gnome goddess gods grace groves hair happy hath head heart Heaven hero honour Iliad Jove kings knave learn'd learned LEONARD WELSTED live lord lyre mankind mind mourn muse nature ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral Phoebus plain pleased poem poet Pope praise pride proud queen rage rhymes Richard Blackmore rise sacred Sappho satire SEMICHORUS sense shade shine sighs silvan sing skies smiles soft soul swain sylphs taste tears Thalestris Thebes thee Theocritus thine things thou thought trembling truth Umbriel verse Virgil virgin virtue winds wings wretched write youth