Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the... Poems on Several Occasions - Página 56por Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 páginas
...nothing 's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 páginas
...nothing's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unskilled to trace The naked nature, and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, 95 And hide with ornaments their want of art. Trae wit is nature to advantage dressed,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1855 - 498 páginas
...as in dress or in language, shows a mean or corrupted taste : Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. Pope's Essay on Criticism. 187. No single property... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 páginas
...nothing's just or fit, One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit: Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With...part, -And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd jj, Something... | |
| Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 páginas
...nothing 's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. - True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 páginas
...nothing's just or fit ; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What... | |
| Willem Bilderdijk - 1857 - 546 páginas
...zegt , maar hy zegt het in een geheel anderen zin. Poets like P;iinters thus , unskiü'd to tracé The naked Nature and the living Grace ,' With Gold...part , And hide with Ornaments their want of art. Hier spreekt Pope niet van uitdrukkingen ontleend van goud of gesteenten , noch van dergelijke vernoemingen... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 páginas
...nothing's just or fit, One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of' art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 páginas
...nothing's just or fit, One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dress'd, What... | |
| Edward Falkener - 1860 - 408 páginas
...being able to make her handsome, you have made her rich." 1 " Poets, like Painters, thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature, and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art." Pope. Somewhat similar is the story given us... | |
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