The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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Page xi
... Muse ; and though Congreve still remained an authority on account of the wit with which he had relieved the sameness of his dramatic fare , the ruder , but equally creative , Wycherley was fain to make a desperate attempt to eke out his ...
... Muse ; and though Congreve still remained an authority on account of the wit with which he had relieved the sameness of his dramatic fare , the ruder , but equally creative , Wycherley was fain to make a desperate attempt to eke out his ...
Page xii
... Muse . He will write to please , but to please a difficult public . He will therefore be master of that nicely chosen kind of allusions which is transparent to the educated intelligence ; avoiding illustrations either commonplace or far ...
... Muse . He will write to please , but to please a difficult public . He will therefore be master of that nicely chosen kind of allusions which is transparent to the educated intelligence ; avoiding illustrations either commonplace or far ...
Page xxi
... muse to regions already meted out by trustworthy predecessors , ' prescribed her heights and pruned her tender wing ' . ' ' The best of the modern poets in all languages , ' wrote Walsh to Pope in 1706 , ' are those that have the ...
... muse to regions already meted out by trustworthy predecessors , ' prescribed her heights and pruned her tender wing ' . ' ' The best of the modern poets in all languages , ' wrote Walsh to Pope in 1706 , ' are those that have the ...
Page 13
... Muses sing ; Let vernal airs thro ' trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You , that too wise for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can ...
... Muses sing ; Let vernal airs thro ' trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You , that too wise for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can ...
Page 14
... Muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native shades you tune the lyre : So when the Nightingale to rest removes , The Thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But , charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all th ...
... Muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native shades you tune the lyre : So when the Nightingale to rest removes , The Thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But , charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all th ...
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