The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... Divine Redeemer , of a Future World , and the glorious light or darkness which these and other Christian doctrines cast upon the Mystery of Man . If , how- ever , Warburton , with all his scholastic subtlety , failed to make Pope a ...
... Divine Redeemer , of a Future World , and the glorious light or darkness which these and other Christian doctrines cast upon the Mystery of Man . If , how- ever , Warburton , with all his scholastic subtlety , failed to make Pope a ...
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... , Nor in the critic let the man be lost . Good - nature and good - sense must ever join ; To err is human - to forgive , divine . 492 500 510 520 But if in noble minds some dregs remain , Not AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM . 45.
... , Nor in the critic let the man be lost . Good - nature and good - sense must ever join ; To err is human - to forgive , divine . 492 500 510 520 But if in noble minds some dregs remain , Not AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM . 45.
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... divine the British throne.1 ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the ...
... divine the British throne.1 ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the ...
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... divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confined the sound . When the full organ joins the tuneful choir , The immortal powers incline their ear ; Borne on the swelling notes our souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the ...
... divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confined the sound . When the full organ joins the tuneful choir , The immortal powers incline their ear ; Borne on the swelling notes our souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the ...
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... divine came mended from that tongue . From lips like those , what precept fail'd to move ? Too soon they taught me ' twas no sin to love : Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and ...
... divine came mended from that tongue . From lips like those , what precept fail'd to move ? Too soon they taught me ' twas no sin to love : Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and ...
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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