The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir and NotesAmerican News Company, 1899 - 485 páginas |
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... means the universal concern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets , and of idle men who read there . Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic ; for a writer's ...
... means the universal concern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets , and of idle men who read there . Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic ; for a writer's ...
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... means in my power to be informed of my errors , both by my friends and ene- mies : but the true reason these pieces are not more correct , is owing to the consideration how short a time they , and I , have to live : one may be ashamed ...
... means in my power to be informed of my errors , both by my friends and ene- mies : but the true reason these pieces are not more correct , is owing to the consideration how short a time they , and I , have to live : one may be ashamed ...
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... mean things from seeing the light , but many which I thought tolerable . I would not be like those authors who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole poem , and vice versa a whole poem for the sake of some ...
... mean things from seeing the light , but many which I thought tolerable . I would not be like those authors who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole poem , and vice versa a whole poem for the sake of some ...
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... means of thee , what- ever reliques of our crimes remain shall be wiped away , and free the world from perpetual fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his father . " - VIRGIL , Ecl . iv . .. Behold , a Virgin ...
... means of thee , what- ever reliques of our crimes remain shall be wiped away , and free the world from perpetual fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his father . " - VIRGIL , Ecl . iv . .. Behold , a Virgin ...
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... Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , To observe a mean , be to himself a friend . To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , 32 WINDSOR FOREST .
... Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , To observe a mean , be to himself a friend . To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , 32 WINDSOR FOREST .
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Adrastus ancient bard Bavius beauty behold blest breast charms Cibber court cried critics crown'd divine Dryope Dulness Dunciad e'er eclogue EPISTLE Essay on Criticism eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flowers fool genius gentle give glory goddess gods grace happy hath head heart Heaven hero honour Iliad John Dennis king knave learn'd learned Leonard Welsted LEWIS THEOBALD live lord mankind Matthew Concanen mind mortal muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral plain pleased pleasure poem poet Pope praise pride proud queen rage rise round sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs silvan sing skies soft soul sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee Theocritus thine things thou thought throne trembling truth Twas verse Virgil virgin virtue wife wings wise wretched write youth
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Página 213 - Heaven from all creatures hides the Book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Página 219 - Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 224 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 68 - 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 prayers, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doomed that Shock must fall.
Página 214 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now.
Página 69 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Página 50 - But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong . In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine but the music there. These equal syllables alone require...
Página 26 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies...
Página 218 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
Página 218 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...