Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... laws a prey , And Kings more furious and fevere than they : Who claim'd the fkies , difpeopled air and floods , The lonely Lords of empty wilds and woods . Cities laid waste , they ftorm'd the dens and caves , ( For wifer brutes were ...
... laws a prey , And Kings more furious and fevere than they : Who claim'd the fkies , difpeopled air and floods , The lonely Lords of empty wilds and woods . Cities laid waste , they ftorm'd the dens and caves , ( For wifer brutes were ...
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... laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to reprefs , and when indulge our flights ! High on Parnaffus ' top her fons fhe fhow'd ,. And pointed out those arduous paths they trod , Held ...
... laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to reprefs , and when indulge our flights ! High on Parnaffus ' top her fons fhe fhow'd ,. And pointed out those arduous paths they trod , Held ...
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... law , And but from nature's fountains fcorn'd to draw ; But when t ' examine ev'ry part he came , Nature and Homer were , he found , the fame : Convinc'd , amaz'd , he checks the bold defign ; 2 And rules as ftrict his labour'd works ...
... law , And but from nature's fountains fcorn'd to draw ; But when t ' examine ev'ry part he came , Nature and Homer were , he found , the fame : Convinc'd , amaz'd , he checks the bold defign ; 2 And rules as ftrict his labour'd works ...
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... laws themselves have made ) Moderns beware ! or if you must offend Against the precept , ne'er tranfgrefs its end ; Let it be feldom , and compell'd by need ; And have , at leaft , their precedent to plead . The critic elfe proceeds ...
... laws themselves have made ) Moderns beware ! or if you must offend Against the precept , ne'er tranfgrefs its end ; Let it be feldom , and compell'd by need ; And have , at leaft , their precedent to plead . The critic elfe proceeds ...
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... laws o'th ' stage ; Concluding all were defp'rate fots and fools , That durft depart from Ariftotle's rules . Our author , happy in a judge fo nice , Produc'd his play , and begg'd the Knight's advice ; 275 Made him obferve the fubject ...
... laws o'th ' stage ; Concluding all were defp'rate fots and fools , That durft depart from Ariftotle's rules . Our author , happy in a judge fo nice , Produc'd his play , and begg'd the Knight's advice ; 275 Made him obferve the fubject ...
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