The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... learn'd witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form'd insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal : To tell ' em would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain ...
... learn'd witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form'd insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal : To tell ' em would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain ...
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... learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , the immortal prize , And ...
... learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , the immortal prize , And ...
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... learn'd their incense bring ! Hear in all tongues consenting p¿ans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , Bards triumphant ! born in happier days ; Immortal heirs of ...
... learn'd their incense bring ! Hear in all tongues consenting p¿ans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , Bards triumphant ! born in happier days ; Immortal heirs of ...
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... learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense ; Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows : But when loud surges lash the ...
... learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an echo to the sense ; Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows : But when loud surges lash the ...
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... learn'd by being singular : So much they scorn the crowd , that if the throng By chance go right , they purposely go wrong : So schismatics the plain believers quit , And are but damn'd for having too much wit . 402 410 420 Some praise ...
... learn'd by being singular : So much they scorn the crowd , that if the throng By chance go right , they purposely go wrong : So schismatics the plain believers quit , And are but damn'd for having too much wit . 402 410 420 Some praise ...
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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