The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great ; panion , is a praise merely negative , arising not The first couplet of this epitaph is borrowed from Crashaw . The four next lines contain a species of praise peculiar , original , and just ...
... heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great ; panion , is a praise merely negative , arising not The first couplet of this epitaph is borrowed from Crashaw . The four next lines contain a species of praise peculiar , original , and just ...
Page 56
... heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To bright Cecilia greater power is given : His numbers raised a shade from hell , Hers lift the soul to heaven . TWO CHORUSSES TO THE TRAGEDY OF BRUTUS , Altered from Shakespeare ...
... heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To bright Cecilia greater power is given : His numbers raised a shade from hell , Hers lift the soul to heaven . TWO CHORUSSES TO THE TRAGEDY OF BRUTUS , Altered from Shakespeare ...
Page 69
... Heaven decrees ! with Heaven who can contest ? Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere , Since all things lost on earth are treasured there : There heroes ' wits are kept in ponderous vases , And beaus ' in snuff - boxes and tweezer ...
... Heaven decrees ! with Heaven who can contest ? Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere , Since all things lost on earth are treasured there : There heroes ' wits are kept in ponderous vases , And beaus ' in snuff - boxes and tweezer ...
Page 74
... Heaven listen'd while you sung , And truths 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 ...
... Heaven listen'd while you sung , And truths 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 ...
Page 75
... heaven seize it , all at once ' tis fired : Not touch'd , but rapt ; not waken'd , but inspired ! Oh come ! oh teach me nature to subdue , Renounce my love , my life , myself - and you . Fill my fond heart with God alone , for he Alone ...
... heaven seize it , all at once ' tis fired : Not touch'd , but rapt ; not waken'd , but inspired ! Oh come ! oh teach me nature to subdue , Renounce my love , my life , myself - and you . Fill my fond heart with God alone , for he Alone ...
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