The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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Sivu xvi
... eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate ...
... eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate ...
Sivu 40
... the prize , And make my tongue victorious as her eyes , No lambs or sheep for victims I'll impart , Thy victim , Love , shall be the shepherd's heart STREPHON . Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain , 10 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS.
... the prize , And make my tongue victorious as her eyes , No lambs or sheep for victims I'll impart , Thy victim , Love , shall be the shepherd's heart STREPHON . Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain , 10 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS.
Sivu 43
... eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks the morning dew Ah , wretched shepherd ! what avails thy art , To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy ...
... eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks the morning dew Ah , wretched shepherd ! what avails thy art , To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy ...
Sivu 44
... eyes . O ! how I long with you to pass my days , Invoke the Muses , and resound your praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in every grove , And winds shall waft it to the powers above . But would you sing , and rival Orpheus ...
... eyes . O ! how I long with you to pass my days , Invoke the Muses , and resound your praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in every grove , And winds shall waft it to the powers above . But would you sing , and rival Orpheus ...
Sivu 47
... eyes malignant glances dart ? What eyes but hers , alas , have power to move ? And is there magic but what dwells in love ? Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful strains ! I'll fly from shepherds , flocks , and flowery plains . From ...
... eyes malignant glances dart ? What eyes but hers , alas , have power to move ? And is there magic but what dwells in love ? Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful strains ! I'll fly from shepherds , flocks , and flowery plains . From ...
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Sivu 240 - 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!
Sivu 9 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Sivu 5 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Sivu 73 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Sivu 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Sivu 98 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Sivu 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Sivu 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Sivu 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Sivu 73 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.