The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1W. Suttaby, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... fate . The three great writers of pastoral dialogue , which Mr. Pope , in some measure seems to imi- tate , are Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenser ; Mr. Pope is of opinion that Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . That ...
... fate . The three great writers of pastoral dialogue , which Mr. Pope , in some measure seems to imi- tate , are Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenser ; Mr. Pope is of opinion that Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . That ...
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... 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 Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... 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 Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... fate . In vain thy reason finer webs shall draw , Entangle justice in her net of law , And right , too rigid , harden into wrong , Still for the strong too weak , the weak too strong . Yet go ! and thus o'er all the creatures sway ...
... fate . In vain thy reason finer webs shall draw , Entangle justice in her net of law , And right , too rigid , harden into wrong , Still for the strong too weak , the weak too strong . Yet go ! and thus o'er all the creatures sway ...
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... fate , Left free the human will . What conscience dictates to be done , Or warns me not to do ; This teach me more than hell to shun , That more than Heav'n pursue . What blessings thy free bounty gives , Let me not cast away ; For God ...
... fate , Left free the human will . What conscience dictates to be done , Or warns me not to do ; This teach me more than hell to shun , That more than Heav'n pursue . What blessings thy free bounty gives , Let me not cast away ; For God ...
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... Fate snatch'd her early to the pitying sky . As into air the purer spirits flow , And separate from their kindred dregs below ; So flew the soul to its congenial place , Nor left one virtue to redeem her race . But thou , false guardian ...
... Fate snatch'd her early to the pitying sky . As into air the purer spirits flow , And separate from their kindred dregs below ; So flew the soul to its congenial place , Nor left one virtue to redeem her race . But thou , false guardian ...
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Page 156 - 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.
Page 43 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court. In various talk th...
Page 217 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came...
Page 82 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who have learned to dance : 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
Page 81 - And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still — the style is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Page 32 - What Conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do; This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives; T
Page 79 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Page 374 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 2 - Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing.
Page xxxv - In pride, in reasoning 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.