The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page 46
... learn'd to spare , And vice admired to find a flatterer there ! Encouraged thus , wit's Titans braved the skies , And the press groan'd with licensed blasphemies . These monsters , critics ! with your darts engage , Here point your ...
... learn'd to spare , And vice admired to find a flatterer there ! Encouraged thus , wit's Titans braved the skies , And the press groan'd with licensed blasphemies . These monsters , critics ! with your darts engage , Here point your ...
Page 49
... learn'd , well - bred ; and though well - bred , sincere ; Modestly bold , and humanly severe : Who to a friend his faults can freely show , And gladly praise the merit of a foe ? Bless'd with a taste exact , yet unconfined ; A ...
... learn'd , well - bred ; and though well - bred , sincere ; Modestly bold , and humanly severe : Who to a friend his faults can freely show , And gladly praise the merit of a foe ? Bless'd with a taste exact , yet unconfined ; A ...
Page 52
... learn'd than good , With manners generous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit , but his own . 706 710 720 Such late was Walsh - the Muse's judge and friend , 730 Who justly knew to ...
... learn'd than good , With manners generous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit , but his own . 706 710 720 Such late was Walsh - the Muse's judge and friend , 730 Who justly knew to ...
Page 53
... learn'd reflect on what before they knew : Careless of censure , nor too fond of fame ; Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame ; Averse alike to flatter , or offend ; Not free from faults , nor yet too vain to mend . THE RAPE ...
... learn'd reflect on what before they knew : Careless of censure , nor too fond of fame ; Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame ; Averse alike to flatter , or offend ; Not free from faults , nor yet too vain to mend . THE RAPE ...
Page 101
... learn'd , and virtuous breast ? Wisdom and wit in vain reclaim , And arts but soften us to feel thy flame . Love , soft intruder , enters here , But entering learns to be sincere . Marcus with blushes owns he loves , And Brutus tenderly ...
... learn'd , and virtuous breast ? Wisdom and wit in vain reclaim , And arts but soften us to feel thy flame . Love , soft intruder , enters here , But entering learns to be sincere . Marcus with blushes owns he loves , And Brutus tenderly ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient Bavius beauty bless'd blest bliss breast breath bright charms court cried critics crown'd Curll Cynthus divine Dunciad e'er earth ease Eclogues Elkanah Settle envy EPISTLE eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flowers fools genius glory Gnome grace groves happy head heart Heaven honour Horace Iliad kings knave laws learn'd live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind mortal Muse Muse's Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral peace plain pleased poem poet Pope Pope's praise pride proud rage reason rhyme rise sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spleen Sylphs taught tears Thalestris thee Theocritus things thou thought trembling truth Twas Umbriel VARIATIONS verse virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whate'er Whig wings write youth