The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volumen11754 |
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... Thou should'ft not fail of numbers worthy thine ; The brighteft Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himfelf would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself ...
... Thou should'ft not fail of numbers worthy thine ; The brighteft Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himfelf would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself ...
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... thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , Thinks he deferves , and thou deferv ft the Prize ? Rapt with the thought , my fancy fecks the plains , And turns me fhepherd while I hear the ftrains . Indulgent nurfe ...
... thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , Thinks he deferves , and thou deferv ft the Prize ? Rapt with the thought , my fancy fecks the plains , And turns me fhepherd while I hear the ftrains . Indulgent nurfe ...
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... thou and Homer die : Then fink together in the world's last fires , What heav'n created , and what heav'n inspires . 5 10 If aught on earth , when once this breath is fled , With human tranfport touch the mighty dead , Shakespear ...
... thou and Homer die : Then fink together in the world's last fires , What heav'n created , and what heav'n inspires . 5 10 If aught on earth , when once this breath is fled , With human tranfport touch the mighty dead , Shakespear ...
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... Temple stands , Its profpect an unbounded view commands : Say , wond'rous youth , what Column wilt thou chufe , What laurel'd Arch for thy triumphant Muse ? 30 Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his fhrine [ xxix ]
... Temple stands , Its profpect an unbounded view commands : Say , wond'rous youth , what Column wilt thou chufe , What laurel'd Arch for thy triumphant Muse ? 30 Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his fhrine [ xxix ]
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... thou shalt breathe thy happy native air , To Pope this meffage from his Mafter bear : Great Bard , whofe numbers I myself inspire , To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre , If high exalted on the Throne of Wit , Near Me and Homer thou ...
... thou shalt breathe thy happy native air , To Pope this meffage from his Mafter bear : Great Bard , whofe numbers I myself inspire , To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre , If high exalted on the Throne of Wit , Near Me and Homer thou ...
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ancient beauty Belinda beſt bleft breaſt ceaſe charms Critics Cynthus Dæmons DAPHNI defcend defert diſplay eaſe Eclogues Eurydice ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire feem fenfe fhade fhall fhepherds fhining fhould fide fighs filent filver fince fing firft firſt fkies flow'rs foft fome fong foon forefts ftill ftrains ftreams fubject fuch fung fwains fwell fylvan Gnome grace groves hair heav'n himſelf honours IMITATIONS judgment juft laft laſt lefs Lock loft maid moft moſt mournful Mufe mufic muft Muſe muſt Nature numbers nymph o'er Ovid paffions Paftoral Petronius plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poets pow'r praiſe raiſe reafon refound rife ſcene SEMICHORUS ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſpring ſtill Sylphs thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro trembling Umbriel uſe VARIATIONS verfe verſe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe
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Página 117 - Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh. Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Página 112 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Página 157 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Página 145 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 118 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 149 - Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes, While ev'ry beam new transient colours flings, Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings.
Página 148 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Página 46 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Página 145 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Página 108 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.