The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Sappho to Phaon. Eloisa to Abelard. The temple of fame. January and May. The wife of Bath. The first book of Statius's Thebais. The fable of Dryope. Vertumnus and Pomona. Imitations [of English poets] Miscellanies. EpitaphsJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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Sivu 2
... most tender fentiments , and the most violent and fudden turns of paffion to be dif played . " How beautifully is this displayed in Pope's Epistle to Abelard a poem that has another moft interefting circumftance , which Ovid appears ...
... most tender fentiments , and the most violent and fudden turns of paffion to be dif played . " How beautifully is this displayed in Pope's Epistle to Abelard a poem that has another moft interefting circumftance , which Ovid appears ...
Sivu 9
... most in what was best ; And the last joy was dearer than the rest . 45 50 55 Then with each word , each glance , each motion fir'd , You still enjoy'd , and yet you still defir'd , бо Till all diffolving in the trance we lay , And in ...
... most in what was best ; And the last joy was dearer than the rest . 45 50 55 Then with each word , each glance , each motion fir'd , You still enjoy'd , and yet you still defir'd , бо Till all diffolving in the trance we lay , And in ...
Sivu 21
... most smooth and mellifluous in our language ; and they are fuppofed to derive their sweetness and harmony from the mixture of fo many Iambics . Pope himfelf preferred the following line to all he had written , with refpect to harmony ...
... most smooth and mellifluous in our language ; and they are fuppofed to derive their sweetness and harmony from the mixture of fo many Iambics . Pope himfelf preferred the following line to all he had written , with refpect to harmony ...
Sivu 28
... most learned commentaries on any claffic is that of Mezeriac on the epiftles of Ovid . It seems ftrange he should have employed fo much labour on fuch a writer . The very beft life of Æfop is also by Mezeriac ; a book so scarce , that ...
... most learned commentaries on any claffic is that of Mezeriac on the epiftles of Ovid . It seems ftrange he should have employed fo much labour on fuch a writer . The very beft life of Æfop is also by Mezeriac ; a book so scarce , that ...
Sivu 36
... most handsome , as well as the most learned man of his time , according to the kind of learning then in vogue . An old chronicle , quoted by Andrew du Chefne , informs us , that scholars flocked to his lectures from all quarters of the ...
... most handsome , as well as the most learned man of his time , according to the kind of learning then in vogue . An old chronicle , quoted by Andrew du Chefne , informs us , that scholars flocked to his lectures from all quarters of the ...
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againſt almoſt beauty beſt bleft breaſt cauſe charms Chaucer CHIG cloſe defcription defign Dryope Dunciad eaſe Epiftle Eteocles Ev'n ev'ry expreffion eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire fays feems feen fhade fhall fhine fide figh fince firſt flain flame foft fome foul ftill fubject fuch fure grace hæc heart heav'n himſelf houſe huſband IMITATIONS itſelf juſt Lady laft laſt lefs loft Lord lov'd MICHIG mihi moſt muſt night NOTES numbers nymph o'er obferves occafion Ovid paffage paffion Petrarch Phaon Phoebus Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope Pope's pow'r praiſe quæ reafon reft reſt rife riſe RSITY Sappho ſhade ſhe ſhould Sir William Wyndham SITY ſkies ſpeak ſpread ſtate Statius ſtill tears Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi tranflation Twas UNIV uſe verfe verſes Vertumnus WARTON whofe whoſe wife
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Sivu 39 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Sivu 78 - As when a shepherd of the Hebrid Isles*, Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro: Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Sivu 39 - em all: Not Caesar's empress would I deign to prove; No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free, More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!
Sivu 53 - And smooth my passage to the realms of day; See my lips tremble, and my eyeballs roll, Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul! Ah no — in sacred vestments may'st thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die.
Sivu 422 - Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages, having snatch'd from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise.
Sivu 44 - Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only death, can break the lasting chain ; And here ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain, Here all its frailties, all its flames resign, And wait, till 'tis no sin to mix with thine.
Sivu 41 - Still on that breast enamour'd let me lie, Still drink delicious poison from thy eye, Pant on thy lip, and to thy heart be press'd; Give all thou canst — and let me dream the rest.
Sivu 100 - world, nor in broad rumour lies, ^But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...
Sivu 48 - I say : I stretch my empty arms ; it glides away. To dream once more I close my willing eyes ; Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise ! 240 Alas, no more! methinks we wand'ring go Thro...
Sivu 49 - Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes. I waste the Matin lamp in sighs for thee, Thy image steals between my God and me, Thy voice I seem in...