The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page 53
... steed . Let old Arcadia boast her ample plain , The immortal huntress , and her virgin train , Nor envy , Windsor ! since thy shades have seen As bright a goddess , and as chaste a queen ; Whose care , like hers , protects the sylvan ...
... steed . Let old Arcadia boast her ample plain , The immortal huntress , and her virgin train , Nor envy , Windsor ! since thy shades have seen As bright a goddess , and as chaste a queen ; Whose care , like hers , protects the sylvan ...
Page 58
... steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courser , like a generous horse , Shows most true mettle when you check his course . Those rules of old discover'd , not devised , Are nature still , but nature methodized ...
... steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courser , like a generous horse , Shows most true mettle when you check his course . Those rules of old discover'd , not devised , Are nature still , but nature methodized ...
Page 59
... steeds , must enter on the stage . ' So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain .'- Then build a new , or act it on a plain . ' Thus critics of less judgment than caprice , Curious , not knowing , not exact , but nice , Form short ...
... steeds , must enter on the stage . ' So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain .'- Then build a new , or act it on a plain . ' Thus critics of less judgment than caprice , Curious , not knowing , not exact , but nice , Form short ...
Page 78
... steeds seem starting from the stone : The champions in distorted postures threat ; And all appear'd irregularly great . Here happy Horace tuned the Ausonian lyre To sweeter sounds , and temper'd Pindar's fire ; Pleased with Alc¿us ...
... steeds seem starting from the stone : The champions in distorted postures threat ; And all appear'd irregularly great . Here happy Horace tuned the Ausonian lyre To sweeter sounds , and temper'd Pindar's fire ; Pleased with Alc¿us ...
Page 92
... steeds to stray , And the mad ruler to misguide the day , When the wide earth to heaps of ashes turn'd , And heaven itself the wandering chariot burn'd . For this , my brother of the watery reign , Released the impetuous sluices of the ...
... steeds to stray , And the mad ruler to misguide the day , When the wide earth to heaps of ashes turn'd , And heaven itself the wandering chariot burn'd . For this , my brother of the watery reign , Released the impetuous sluices of the ...
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