Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... fome coy nymph her lover's warm address Nor quite indulges , nor can quite reprefs .. There , interspers'd in lawns and opening glades , Thin trees arife that shun each others shades . Here in full light the russet plains extend ; There ...
... fome coy nymph her lover's warm address Nor quite indulges , nor can quite reprefs .. There , interspers'd in lawns and opening glades , Thin trees arife that shun each others shades . Here in full light the russet plains extend ; There ...
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... fome made coxcombs nature meant but fools , In search of wit these lose their common fenfe ,. And then turn crities in their own defence : ** Qui fcribit artificiosè , ab aliis commodè scripta facilè intelligere poterit . Cic . ad ...
... fome made coxcombs nature meant but fools , In search of wit these lose their common fenfe ,. And then turn crities in their own defence : ** Qui fcribit artificiosè , ab aliis commodè scripta facilè intelligere poterit . Cic . ad ...
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... fome objects please our eyes , Which out of nature's common order rife , The shapeless rock , or hanging precipice . But care in poetry must still be had , It afks difcretion ev'n in running mad : ~ } ↑ Neque tam sancta funt ifta ...
... fome objects please our eyes , Which out of nature's common order rife , The shapeless rock , or hanging precipice . But care in poetry must still be had , It afks difcretion ev'n in running mad : ~ } ↑ Neque tam sancta funt ifta ...
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... fome spark of your celestial fire , The laft , the meanest of your fons inspire , ( That on weak wings , from far , pursues your flights ; 200 Glows while he reads , but trembles as he writes ) To teach vain wits a science little known ...
... fome spark of your celestial fire , The laft , the meanest of your fons inspire , ( That on weak wings , from far , pursues your flights ; 200 Glows while he reads , but trembles as he writes ) To teach vain wits a science little known ...
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... fome subservient art , Still make the whole depend upon a part , They talk of principles , but notions prize , And all to one lov'd folly facrifice . Once on a time , La Mancha's Knight , they say , A certain Bard encount'ring on the ...
... fome subservient art , Still make the whole depend upon a part , They talk of principles , but notions prize , And all to one lov'd folly facrifice . Once on a time , La Mancha's Knight , they say , A certain Bard encount'ring on the ...
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