The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and OdysseyA. Miller, 1800 |
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... queen alone : 695 Late had the view'd the filver - footed dame , And all her paffions kindled into flame . Say , artful manager of heaven ( the cries ) Who now partakes the secrets of the skies ? Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate ...
... queen alone : 695 Late had the view'd the filver - footed dame , And all her paffions kindled into flame . Say , artful manager of heaven ( the cries ) Who now partakes the secrets of the skies ? Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate ...
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... queen re- ceiv'd . Then to the reft he fill'd ; and in his turn , Each to his lips apply'd the nectar'd urn . Vulcan with aukward grace his office plies , 770 And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies . Thus the bleft Gods the genial ...
... queen re- ceiv'd . Then to the reft he fill'd ; and in his turn , Each to his lips apply'd the nectar'd urn . Vulcan with aukward grace his office plies , 770 And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies . Thus the bleft Gods the genial ...
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... queen their flight furvey'd , And fighing , thus bespoke the blue - ey'd maid : -190 Shall then the Grecians fly ! O dire disgrace ! And leave unpunish'd this perfidious race ? Shall Troy , fhall Priam , and th ' adulterous spouse , 195 ...
... queen their flight furvey'd , And fighing , thus bespoke the blue - ey'd maid : -190 Shall then the Grecians fly ! O dire disgrace ! And leave unpunish'd this perfidious race ? Shall Troy , fhall Priam , and th ' adulterous spouse , 195 ...
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... Queen of Love ) 995 Archilochus and Acamas divide 1000 The warriour's toils , and combat by his fide . Who fair Zeleia's wealthy vallies till , Faft by the foot of Ida's facred hill ; Or drink , fepus , of thy fabie flood : Were led by ...
... Queen of Love ) 995 Archilochus and Acamas divide 1000 The warriour's toils , and combat by his fide . Who fair Zeleia's wealthy vallies till , Faft by the foot of Ida's facred hill ; Or drink , fepus , of thy fabie flood : Were led by ...
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... queen approach'd the tower , In fecret own'd refiftless beauty's power : They cried , No wonder fuch celestial charms 205 For nine long years have fet the world in arms ; What winning graces ! what majestic mien ! She moves a Goddefs ...
... queen approach'd the tower , In fecret own'd refiftless beauty's power : They cried , No wonder fuch celestial charms 205 For nine long years have fet the world in arms ; What winning graces ! what majestic mien ! She moves a Goddefs ...
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Page 309 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Page 6 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work: Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty...
Page 317 - Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires, Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. I ought to grieve, but cannot what I ought; I mourn the lover, not lament the fault; I view my crime, but kindle at the view...
Page 301 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd 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 ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Page 376 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Page 355 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 394 - Seen him, unencumbered with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 308 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card: First Ariel perched upon a Matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, 35 Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 312 - 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 361 - The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next ; and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...