The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, 2. köide1812 |
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... light militia of the lower sky : These , tho ' unseen , are ever on the wing , Hang o'er the box , and hover round the ring . Think what an equipage thou hast in air , And view with scorn two pages and a chair . As now your own , our ...
... light militia of the lower sky : These , tho ' unseen , are ever on the wing , Hang o'er the box , and hover round the ring . Think what an equipage thou hast in air , And view with scorn two pages and a chair . As now your own , our ...
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... light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair , 65 And sport and flutter in the fields of air . Know further yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind , is by some Sylph embrac'd : For spirits , freed from mortal laws , with ease Assume ...
... light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair , 65 And sport and flutter in the fields of air . Know further yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind , is by some Sylph embrac'd : For spirits , freed from mortal laws , with ease Assume ...
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... lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and long possess the prize : The Pow'rs gave ear , and granted half his pray❜r , The rest , the ...
... lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and long possess the prize : The Pow'rs gave ear , and granted half his pray❜r , The rest , the ...
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... light , Loose to the wind their airy garments flew , Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew , Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies , Where light disports in ever - mingling dyes ; While ev'ry beam new transient colours flings ...
... light , Loose to the wind their airy garments flew , Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew , Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies , Where light disports in ever - mingling dyes ; While ev'ry beam new transient colours flings ...
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... light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in grosser air below , Or dip their pinions in the painted bow , 80 Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main , Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain . Others ...
... light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in grosser air below , Or dip their pinions in the painted bow , 80 Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main , Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain . Others ...
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Page 11 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 45 - 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 41 - Tis she! - but why that bleeding bosom gored, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword? Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die?
Page 23 - 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...
Page 43 - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
Page 39 - 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, And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name.
Page 240 - twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon...
Page 6 - If She inspire, and He approve my lays Say what strange motive, Goddess! could compel A well-bred Lord t
Page 16 - This day, black Omens threat the brightest Fair, That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour or her new brocade; Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 22 - Trembling, and conscious of the rich brocade. Coffee (which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes) Sent up in vapours to the baron's brain New stratagems, the radiant lock to gain.