The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Nide 1Published for the booksellers, 1828 |
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Sivu vii
... turn- ing water into wine , was perfectly astonished when young Dryden presented him with the following line , which he asserted was the best comment could be written upon it ; The conscious water saw its God and blush'd . This was the ...
... turn- ing water into wine , was perfectly astonished when young Dryden presented him with the following line , which he asserted was the best comment could be written upon it ; The conscious water saw its God and blush'd . This was the ...
Sivu xiii
... turn . It is " impossible for us who live in the latter ages of " the world , to make observations in criticism , mo- " rality , or any art and science , which have not " been touched upon by others . We have little " else left us but ...
... turn . It is " impossible for us who live in the latter ages of " the world , to make observations in criticism , mo- " rality , or any art and science , which have not " been touched upon by others . We have little " else left us but ...
Sivu xx
... turns , according to the last book " I read . I am afraid most seekers are in the same case , and when they stop , they are not so properly converted as outwitted . You see how little glory " you would gain by my conversion ; and ...
... turns , according to the last book " I read . I am afraid most seekers are in the same case , and when they stop , they are not so properly converted as outwitted . You see how little glory " you would gain by my conversion ; and ...
Sivu xxv
... turn his thoughts towards gome- thing that might be of lasting use to the world , and engage no more in a war with dunces , who were now effectually humbled . Our great dramatic poet Shakespeare had passed through several hands , some ...
... turn his thoughts towards gome- thing that might be of lasting use to the world , and engage no more in a war with dunces , who were now effectually humbled . Our great dramatic poet Shakespeare had passed through several hands , some ...
Sivu xxxiii
... turn the balance greatly in favor of Mr. Dryden . When the two poets are considered as critics , the comparison will very imperfectly hold . Dryden's Dedications and Prefaces , besides that they are more numerous , and are the best ...
... turn the balance greatly in favor of Mr. Dryden . When the two poets are considered as critics , the comparison will very imperfectly hold . Dryden's Dedications and Prefaces , besides that they are more numerous , and are the best ...
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Abelard Addison Adrastus ALEXANDER POPE ancient Argos arms Balaam bear beauty Behold Belinda bless'd blest bliss breast breath bright charms critics Cynthus dæmon death dread Dryden earth Eteocles eternal Eurydice ev'n eyes fair fame fate fix'd flame fools fury genius give glory glow gods grace groves hair happiness hate heart Heav'n Homer honour Iliad Jove kind king knave learn'd live lord lov'd mankind mind mournful Muse nature nature's ne'er numbers nymph o'er once passion Phaon Phoebus plain pleas'd pleasure poet Polynices Pope Pope's pow'r praise pray'r pride rage reason reign resound rise rules sacred Sappho self-love sense shade shine sighs sing Sir Richard Steele skies soul sylphs taste taught tears Thalestris Theban Thebes thee Theocritus thine things thou trembling Tydeus virtue winds wings wise wretched youth
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Sivu 40 - 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. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Sivu 94 - And hence th' egregious wizard shall foredoom The fate of Louis and the fall of Rome. Then cease, bright nymph ! to mourn thy ravish'd hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere ! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast, Shall draw such envy as the Lock you lost. For, after all. the murders of your eye, When, after millions slain, yourself shall die ; When those fair suns shall set, as set they must, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust ; This Lock the Muse shall consecrate to fame,...
Sivu 85 - The little engine on his fingers' ends; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the lock a thousand sprites repair, A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair; And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear; Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near.
Sivu 74 - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy relics made.
Sivu 57 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Sivu 195 - 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. 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.
Sivu 154 - Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough that virtue fill'd the space between, Prov'd by the ends of being to have been.
Sivu 79 - But chiefly Love— to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves; With tender Billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire.
Sivu 45 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer...
Sivu 70 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?