The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... lives to correct and finish their works for pos- terity . If we can pretend to have used the same industry ... live : one may be ashamed to con- sume half one's days in bringing sense and rhyme together ; and what critic can be ...
... lives to correct and finish their works for pos- terity . If we can pretend to have used the same industry ... live : one may be ashamed to con- sume half one's days in bringing sense and rhyme together ; and what critic can be ...
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... live . A man that can expect but sixty years may be ashamed to employ thirty in measuring syllables and bringing sense and rhyme together . We spend our youth in pursuit of riches or fame , in hopes to enjoy them when we are old ; and ...
... live . A man that can expect but sixty years may be ashamed to employ thirty in measuring syllables and bringing sense and rhyme together . We spend our youth in pursuit of riches or fame , in hopes to enjoy them when we are old ; and ...
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... live ! THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds unwholesome dews ; Arise , the pines a noxious shade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and Nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must Time obey . Adieu , ye vales , ye mountains , streams ...
... live ! THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds unwholesome dews ; Arise , the pines a noxious shade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and Nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must Time obey . Adieu , ye vales , ye mountains , streams ...
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... lives as long as fools are pleased to laugh . Some valuing those of their own side or mind , Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then , When we but praise ourselves in other men . Parties in ...
... lives as long as fools are pleased to laugh . Some valuing those of their own side or mind , Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then , When we but praise ourselves in other men . Parties in ...
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... live betimes . No longer now that golden age appears , When patriarch - wits survived a thousand years : Now length of fame ( our second life ) is lost , And bare threescore is all even that can boast ; Our sons their fathers ' failing ...
... live betimes . No longer now that golden age appears , When patriarch - wits survived a thousand years : Now length of fame ( our second life ) is lost , And bare threescore is all even that can boast ; Our sons their fathers ' failing ...
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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