The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, 5. köideT. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 pages |
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... morals and family , whereof , of those who know me not , a truer information may be requisite . Being divided between the necessity to say something of my- self , and my own laziness to undertake so awkward ASTER FROM G. D a task , I ...
... morals and family , whereof , of those who know me not , a truer information may be requisite . Being divided between the necessity to say something of my- self , and my own laziness to undertake so awkward ASTER FROM G. D a task , I ...
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... morals blacken'd when the writings ' scape , The libell'd person , and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse on all he lov'd or lov'd him spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper that , to greatness still too near , Perhaps yet ...
... morals blacken'd when the writings ' scape , The libell'd person , and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse on all he lov'd or lov'd him spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper that , to greatness still too near , Perhaps yet ...
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... morals were much improved , and the license of those ancient poets restrained ; that Satire and Comedy were become more just and useful ; that whatever extravagancies were left on the stage were owing to the ill taste of the nobility ...
... morals were much improved , and the license of those ancient poets restrained ; that Satire and Comedy were become more just and useful ; that whatever extravagancies were left on the stage were owing to the ill taste of the nobility ...
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... morals , arts , and laws amend ; How shall the Muse , from such a monarch , steal An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more sacred name , After a life of gen'rous ...
... morals , arts , and laws amend ; How shall the Muse , from such a monarch , steal An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more sacred name , After a life of gen'rous ...
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... morals what it hurts with wit . We conquer'd France , but left our captives ' charms , Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe , Wit grew polite , and numbers learn'd to flow . Waller was ...
... morals what it hurts with wit . We conquer'd France , but left our captives ' charms , Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe , Wit grew polite , and numbers learn'd to flow . Waller was ...
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Page 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 13 - 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 18 - 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 15 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :; Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Page 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Page 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Page 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.