The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1835 - 442 pages |
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... death the printer brought cipher more , he had come nearer to the truth . " * and resigned a complete edition of fifteen hundred The person of Pope is well known not to have copies , which Pope had ordered him to print , and been formed ...
... death the printer brought cipher more , he had come nearer to the truth . " * and resigned a complete edition of fifteen hundred The person of Pope is well known not to have copies , which Pope had ordered him to print , and been formed ...
Page xxvi
... death of Pope was imputed by after the middle of life . He was then so weak as some of his friends to a silver saucepan , in which to stand in perpetual need of female attendance ; it was his delight to heat potted lampreys . extremely ...
... death of Pope was imputed by after the middle of life . He was then so weak as some of his friends to a silver saucepan , in which to stand in perpetual need of female attendance ; it was his delight to heat potted lampreys . extremely ...
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... death : He said : ' Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . ' But now the reed shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despis'd by thee . O ! were I made by some transforming power ...
... death : He said : ' Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . ' But now the reed shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despis'd by thee . O ! were I made by some transforming power ...
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... death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans ...
... death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans ...
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... death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ? Oh grave ! where is thy victory ? Oh death ! where is thy sting ? AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM ...
... death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ? Oh grave ! where is thy victory ? Oh death ! where is thy sting ? AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM ...
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Achilles Ajax Antilochus arms Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid Menelaus mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam pride prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth
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Page 97 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan...
Page 62 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 56 - 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 sounding shore, • The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 66 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 118 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 56 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 107 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives...
Page 108 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Page 122 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 100 - Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world...