The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 2. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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Page 45
... well ; Let him our fad , our tender story tell ; The well - fung woes will footh my penfive ghost , He best can paint ' em who shall feel ' em most . 364 TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS . " T Advertisement . HE following ELOISA TO ABELARD . 45.
... well ; Let him our fad , our tender story tell ; The well - fung woes will footh my penfive ghost , He best can paint ' em who shall feel ' em most . 364 TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS . " T Advertisement . HE following ELOISA TO ABELARD . 45.
Page 59
... tell us of him , that , being subject to fits , he perfuaded his followers , that during thofe trances he received inspira- tions , from whence he dictated his laws : he is faid to have been the inventor of the Runic characters . P. VER ...
... tell us of him , that , being subject to fits , he perfuaded his followers , that during thofe trances he received inspira- tions , from whence he dictated his laws : he is faid to have been the inventor of the Runic characters . P. VER ...
Page 65
... tell , That bare up all the fame of hell , etc. P. VER . 224. Pleas'd with Alcaus ' many rage t ' infufe The fofter fpirit of the Sapphic Muse . ] 225 This expreffes the mix'd character of the odes of Horace 1 the second of thefe verfes ...
... tell , That bare up all the fame of hell , etc. P. VER . 224. Pleas'd with Alcaus ' many rage t ' infufe The fofter fpirit of the Sapphic Muse . ] 225 This expreffes the mix'd character of the odes of Horace 1 the second of thefe verfes ...
Page 75
... tell , Yet , would the world believe us , all were well , IMITATIONS . VER . 378. Next thefe a youthful train , etc. ] The Reader might compare these twenty - eight lines following , which con- tain the fame matter , with eighty - four ...
... tell , Yet , would the world believe us , all were well , IMITATIONS . VER . 378. Next thefe a youthful train , etc. ] The Reader might compare these twenty - eight lines following , which con- tain the fame matter , with eighty - four ...
Page 80
... tell me what ? And then he told him this and that , etc. Thus north and fouth Went every tiding fro mouth to mouth , And that encreasing evermo , As fire is wont to quicken and go From a fparkle fprong amifs , Till all the citee brent ...
... tell me what ? And then he told him this and that , etc. Thus north and fouth Went every tiding fro mouth to mouth , And that encreasing evermo , As fire is wont to quicken and go From a fparkle fprong amifs , Till all the citee brent ...
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Page 31 - Yet write, oh write me all, that I may join Griefs to thy griefs, and echo sighs to thine. Nor foes nor fortune take this pow'r away; And is my Abelard less kind than they?
Page 41 - Ah come not, write not, think not once of me, Nor share one pang of all I felt for thee. Thy oaths I quit, thy memory resign, Forget, renounce me, hate whate'er was mine.
Page 33 - Ev'n thought meets thought, ere from the lips it part, And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. This sure is bliss (if bliss on earth there be) And once the lot of Abelard and me.
Page 44 - If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings To Paraclete's white walls and silver springs, O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And...
Page 34 - Still on that breast enamour'd let me lie, Still drink delicious poison from thy eye, Pant on thy lip, and to thy heart be press'd; Give all thou canst — and let me dream the rest.
Page 29 - IN these deep solitudes and awful cells, Where heavenly-pensive contemplation dwells, And ever-musing melancholy reigns, What means this tumult in a vestal's veins ? Why rove my thoughts beyond this last retreat ? Why feels my heart its long-forgotten heat ? Yet, yet I love ! — From Abelard it came, And Eloisa yet must kiss the name.
Page 36 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 43 - Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'd Eloi'sa see ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me.
Page 65 - The figur'd games of Greece the column grace, Neptune and Jove survey the rapid race. The youths hang o'er their chariots as they run ; The fiery steeds seem starting from the stone ; The champions in distorted postures threat ; And all appear'd irregularly great. Here happy Horace tun'd th...
Page 32 - Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those views remove, Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?