The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... beauty . If he has not very good sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit for one man of sense ) , his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no small danger of becoming a coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently ...
... beauty . If he has not very good sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit for one man of sense ) , his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no small danger of becoming a coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently ...
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... beauty in itself , and that it be different in every eclogue . Besides , in each of them a designed scene or prospect is to be pre- sented to our view , which should likewise have its variety . This variety is obtained in a great degree ...
... beauty in itself , and that it be different in every eclogue . Besides , in each of them a designed scene or prospect is to be pre- sented to our view , which should likewise have its variety . This variety is obtained in a great degree ...
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... beauty and propriety in the time of Theocritus ; it was used in part of Greece , and frequent in the mouths of many of the greatest persons : whereas the old English and country phrases of Spenser were either entirely obsolete , or ...
... beauty and propriety in the time of Theocritus ; it was used in part of Greece , and frequent in the mouths of many of the greatest persons : whereas the old English and country phrases of Spenser were either entirely obsolete , or ...
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... beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain ? Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving song . LYCIDAS ...
... beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain ? Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving song . LYCIDAS ...
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... Beauty is no more ! For her the flocks refuse their verdant food , The thirsty heifers shun the gliding flood , The silver swans her hapless fate bemoan , In notes more sad than when they sing their own ; In hollow caves sweet Echo ...
... Beauty is no more ! For her the flocks refuse their verdant food , The thirsty heifers shun the gliding flood , The silver swans her hapless fate bemoan , In notes more sad than when they sing their own ; In hollow caves sweet Echo ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient Bavius beauty bless'd blest bliss breast breath bright charms court cried critics crown'd Curll Cynthus divine Dunciad e'er earth ease Eclogues Elkanah Settle envy EPISTLE eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flowers fools genius glory Gnome grace groves happy head heart Heaven honour Horace Iliad kings knave laws learn'd live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind mortal Muse Muse's Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral peace plain pleased poem poet Pope Pope's praise pride proud rage reason rhyme rise sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spleen Sylphs taught tears Thalestris thee Theocritus things thou thought trembling truth Twas Umbriel VARIATIONS verse virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whate'er Whig wings write youth