The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes, Volume 2Charles Whittingham, 1808 |
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... gold and jewels cover every 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 ; Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find , That gives ...
... gold and jewels cover every 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 ; Something whose truth convinc'd at sight we find , That gives ...
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... gold . ” To be content's 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 . 4. Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy ...
... gold . ” To be content's 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 . 4. Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy ...
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... gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more strong than all ) the love of ease ; Through life ' tis follow'd , ev'n at life's expense ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike ...
... gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more strong than all ) the love of ease ; Through life ' tis follow'd , ev'n at life's expense ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike ...
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... gold , amuse his riper stage , And beads and prayer - books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still , as that before , Till tir'd he sleeps , and life's poor play is o'er . Meanwhile , opinion gilds with varying rays Those ...
... gold , amuse his riper stage , And beads and prayer - books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still , as that before , Till tir'd he sleeps , and life's poor play is o'er . Meanwhile , opinion gilds with varying rays Those ...
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... gold undress'd , Unbrib'd , unbloody , stood the blameless priest : Heaven's attribute was universal care , And man's prerogative to rule , but spare . Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of half that live , the butcher and the ...
... gold undress'd , Unbrib'd , unbloody , stood the blameless priest : Heaven's attribute was universal care , And man's prerogative to rule , but spare . Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of half that live , the butcher and the ...
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alike ancient ANTISTROPHE beauty Behold bless'd blessing bliss blush breast breath Cæsar Catiline charms courser creature critics death divine e'er ease EPISTLE Eurydice ev'n eyes fair faith fame fate faults fear fix'd flame folly fools form'd give glory gold gout grace happiness hate heart Heaven hecatomb human judge kings knave laws learn'd learning ligion live lord LORD BOLINGBROKE man's mankind mind moral Muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once pain parterre Phryne plain pleas'd pleasure poets pow'r praise pride proud racter rage reason rich rill rise Rome ruling passion Sappho self-love SEMICHORUS sense shade shine shun Shylock sighs skies slave Smil soft soul spleen taste taught thee thine things thou thought true truth turns Twas tyrant vice virtue weak wealth whate'er whole wise worm