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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

ALEXANDER POPE.

WITH HIS LAST

CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS,

AND

1

IMPROVEMENTS.

FROM THE TEXT OF DR. WARBURTON.

WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

VOL. I.

Cooke's Edition.

But see, at length, the British Genius smile,
And show'r her bounties o'er her favour'd isle:
Behold, for POPE she twines the laurel crown,
And centres ev'ry poet's pow'r in one
Fach Muse for thee with kind contention strove,
For thee the Graces left th' Idalian grove,
With watchful fondness o'er thy cradle hung,
Attun'd thy voice, and form'd thy infant tongue.

Brown.

EMBELLISHED WITH SUPERB ENGRAVINGS.

London:

Printed for C. COOKE, Paternoster Row,
by R.M'Donald, 13, Green Arbour Court, and

sold by all the Booksellers in the

United Kingdom.

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Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along
Oh, master of the poet and the song!
And while the Muse now stoops, or now ascends,
To man's low passions, or their glorious ends,
Teach me, like thee, in various Nature wise,
To fall with dignity, with temper rise
Oh! while along the stream of time thy name
Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame,
Say, shall my little bark attendant sail,
Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Shall then this Verse to future age pretend
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend?
That, urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuncful art
From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart?
For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light,
Shew'd erring Pride--whatever is, is is right
That virtue only makes our bliss below,
And all our knowledge is---ourselves to know?

Essay on Man.

PRINTED AND EMBELLISHED
Under the Direction of

C. COOKE.

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