Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1857 |
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... ancient writ unlocks the learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T " observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow ...
... ancient writ unlocks the learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T " observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow ...
Page 62
... ancient seats ; To paint anew the flowery sylvan scenes , To crown the forest with immortal greens , Make Windsor hills in lofty numbers rise , And lift her turrets nearer to the skies ; To sing those honours you deserve to wear , And ...
... ancient seats ; To paint anew the flowery sylvan scenes , To crown the forest with immortal greens , Make Windsor hills in lofty numbers rise , And lift her turrets nearer to the skies ; To sing those honours you deserve to wear , And ...
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... ancient poets , ver . 88 to 110. That therefore the ancients are neces- sary to be studied by a critic , particularly Homer and Virgil , ver . 120 to 138. Of licenses , and the use of them by the ancients , ver . 140 to 180. Reverence ...
... ancient poets , ver . 88 to 110. That therefore the ancients are neces- sary to be studied by a critic , particularly Homer and Virgil , ver . 120 to 138. Of licenses , and the use of them by the ancients , ver . 140 to 180. Reverence ...
Page 77
... ancient authors prey , Nor time nor moths e'er spoil'd so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those explain the ...
... ancient authors prey , Nor time nor moths e'er spoil'd so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those explain the ...
Page 78
... ancient rules a just esteem , To copy nature , is to copy them . Some beauties yet no precepts can declare , For ... ancients thus their rules invade As kings 78 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
... ancient rules a just esteem , To copy nature , is to copy them . Some beauties yet no precepts can declare , For ... ancients thus their rules invade As kings 78 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
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