The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideWilliam Pickering, 1831 |
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... fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine , Condemn'd whole years in abence to deplore , And image charms he must behold no more ; Such if there be , who loves so long , lx MEMOIR OF POPE .
... fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine , Condemn'd whole years in abence to deplore , And image charms he must behold no more ; Such if there be , who loves so long , lx MEMOIR OF POPE .
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... fate ; having been obtained from us by the im- portunity , and divulged by the indiscretion of friends , although restrained by promises , which few of them are ever known to observe , and often think they make us a compliment in ...
... fate ; having been obtained from us by the im- portunity , and divulged by the indiscretion of friends , although restrained by promises , which few of them are ever known to observe , and often think they make us a compliment in ...
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... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are , indeed , some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of self ...
... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are , indeed , some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of self ...
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... fate already , and it is too late to think of prepossess- ing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as some merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for these trifles by prefaces , biassed by recommendation , dazzled ...
... fate already , and it is too late to think of prepossess- ing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as some merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for these trifles by prefaces , biassed by recommendation , dazzled ...
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Alexander Pope. While silent birds forget their tuneful lays , O sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try ...
Alexander Pope. While silent birds forget their tuneful lays , O sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try ...
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Page 76 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; 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.
Page lvii - Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please. And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yev with jealous eyes.
Page 96 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the Men's wits against the Lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. \ See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: \ , ,. Nor feared the Chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Page 76 - This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Page 77 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire.
Page 41 - Swift fly the years, and rise the expected morn ! Oh, spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance, See nodding forests on the mountains dance, See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise, And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God, a God appears ! A God, a God ! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim...
Page 91 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Page 84 - 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. 100 Oh thoughtless Mortals ! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! Sudden, these Honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this Victorious Day.
Page cxxiii - ... into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's Name.
Page 73 - Then gay ideas crowd the vacant brain, While peers, and dukes, and all their sweeping train, And garters, stars, and coronets appear, And in soft sounds, Your Grace salutes their ear.