The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Nide 3 |
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Sivu 66
No - shall the good want health , the good want pow ' r ? ” Add health , and pow ' r
, and ev ' ry earthly thing . “ Why bounded pow ' r ? why private ? why no king ? ”
Nay , why external for internal giv ' n ? 161 Why is not man a god , and earth a ...
No - shall the good want health , the good want pow ' r ? ” Add health , and pow ' r
, and ev ' ry earthly thing . “ Why bounded pow ' r ? why private ? why no king ? ”
Nay , why external for internal giv ' n ? 161 Why is not man a god , and earth a ...
Sivu 95
Tho ' the same sun with all - diffusive rays 145 Blush in the rose , and in the di '
mond blaze , We prize the stronger effort of his pow ' r , And justly set the gem
above the flow ' r . ' Tis education forms the common mind , Just as the twig is
bent ...
Tho ' the same sun with all - diffusive rays 145 Blush in the rose , and in the di '
mond blaze , We prize the stronger effort of his pow ' r , And justly set the gem
above the flow ' r . ' Tis education forms the common mind , Just as the twig is
bent ...
Sivu 248
One driv ' n by strong benevolence of soul , Shall fly , like Oglethorpe , from pole
to pole : Is known alone to that Directing Pow ' r , Who forms the genius in the
natal hour ; That God of nature , who , within us still , 280 · Inclines our action , not
...
One driv ' n by strong benevolence of soul , Shall fly , like Oglethorpe , from pole
to pole : Is known alone to that Directing Pow ' r , Who forms the genius in the
natal hour ; That God of nature , who , within us still , 280 · Inclines our action , not
...
Sivu 249
305 In pow ' r , wit , figure , virtue , fortune , placid Behind the foremost , and
before the last . “ But why all this of av ' rice ? I have none . " I wish you joy , Sir , of
a tyrant gone ; But does no other lord it at this hour , As wild and mad ? the
avarice ...
305 In pow ' r , wit , figure , virtue , fortune , placid Behind the foremost , and
before the last . “ But why all this of av ' rice ? I have none . " I wish you joy , Sir , of
a tyrant gone ; But does no other lord it at this hour , As wild and mad ? the
avarice ...
Sivu 302
No pow ' r the muse ' s friendship can command ; No pow ' r , when virtue claims it
, can withstand : To Cato , Virgil pay ' d one honest line ; O let my country ' s
friends illumine mine ! - What are you thinking ? F . Faith the thought ' s no I think
...
No pow ' r the muse ' s friendship can command ; No pow ' r , when virtue claims it
, can withstand : To Cato , Virgil pay ' d one honest line ; O let my country ' s
friends illumine mine ! - What are you thinking ? F . Faith the thought ' s no I think
...
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bear beauty better blessing cause court death ease EPISTLE equal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fall fame father fear fool forms fortune give gold grace grave grow half hand happy hate head hear heart Heav'n honour hope keep kind king knave land laws learned leave less live look Lord mankind mean mind moral muse nature never o'er once passion plain pleasure poet poor Pope pow'r praise pride proud Queen reason rest rich rise round rules satire scarce sense soul strange sure taste tell thee things thou thought thousand town true truth turn verse vice virtue weak wealth whole wife wise write
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Sivu 11 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Sivu 16 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Sivu 16 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Sivu 14 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, 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? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Sivu 15 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Sivu 242 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Sivu 129 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Sivu 22 - 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...
Sivu 162 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Sivu 65 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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| Otsikko | The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Nide 3 The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Alexander Pope |
| Kirjoittaja | Alexander Pope |
| Kustantaja | 1812 |
| Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti | Oxfordin yliopisto |
| Digitoitu | 25. syyskuu 2006 |
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