Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1796 |
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... ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And so obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd . Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish ...
... ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And so obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd . Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish ...
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... Ev'n he whose soul now me.ts in mournful lays , Shall shortly want the gen'rous tear he pays . Mr. Pope , who had been always subjected to a va- riety of bodily infirmities , finding his strength give way , began to think that his days ...
... Ev'n he whose soul now me.ts in mournful lays , Shall shortly want the gen'rous tear he pays . Mr. Pope , who had been always subjected to a va- riety of bodily infirmities , finding his strength give way , began to think that his days ...
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... ev'n Homer blam'd ! But to this genius , join'd with so much art , Such various learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . And yet so wonderful , sublime a thing , As ...
... ev'n Homer blam'd ! But to this genius , join'd with so much art , Such various learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . And yet so wonderful , sublime a thing , As ...
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... Ev'n I essay'd to touch the trembling string : Who could hear them , and not attempt to sing ? Rous'd from these dreams by the commanding I rise and wander through the field or plain ; [ strain , Led by the Muse , from sport to sport I ...
... Ev'n I essay'd to touch the trembling string : Who could hear them , and not attempt to sing ? Rous'd from these dreams by the commanding I rise and wander through the field or plain ; [ strain , Led by the Muse , from sport to sport I ...
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... ev'n Britons more Than all their shouts for victory before . Oh ! could Britannia imitate thy stream , The world should tremble at her awful name : From various springs divided waters glide , In diff'rent colours roll a diff'rent tide ...
... ev'n Britons more Than all their shouts for victory before . Oh ! could Britannia imitate thy stream , The world should tremble at her awful name : From various springs divided waters glide , In diff'rent colours roll a diff'rent tide ...
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Adrastus ALEXANDER POPE ancient Aonia Argos Balaam bard beauty behold bless bless'd blest bliss breast bright charms crown'd cry'd dæmon diff'rent divine dread e'er earth ELOISA TO ABELARD Eteocles eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flow'rs folly fool fury gen'rous genius give glory gods grace grove hæc happiness hate heart Heav'n honour Iliad Jove kings knave learn'd Lord mankind mind mortal mourn Muse Nature ne'er night numbers nymph o'er once passion Phaon Phoebus plain pleas'd pleasure poets Polynices Pope pow'r praise pray'r pride proud rage reason reign rise sacred Sappho Satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies soft soul sylphs tears Thebes thee Theocritus things thou thought thro throne trembling true truth Twas Tydeus tyrant ultro vice virtue Virtue's wand'ring wife wise youth
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Page 124 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 130 - Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply.
Page 140 - Curl'd or uncurl'd, since Locks will turn to grey ; Since painted, or not painted, all shall fade, And she who scorns a Man, must die a Maid, What then remains but well our...
Page 141 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord, with manly strength...
Page 83 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 47 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 97 - The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ; Hear him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day : Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear : The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 143 - And hence th' egregious wizard shall foredoom The fate of Louis, and the fall of Rome. 140 Then cease, bright nymph! to mourn thy ravish'd hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast Shall draw such envy as the lock you lost. For, after all the murders of your eye, When, after millions slain, yourself shall die; When those fair suns shall set, as set they must, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust; This lock, the Muse shall consecrate to fame,...
Page 101 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 131 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the Lock a thousand sprites repair...