The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander PopeHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 - 672 páginas |
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... thee his fervent breath may blow , But ' t is thyself alone can give the fire : Thou without them may'st speak and profit too ; But without thee what could the Prophets do ? They preach the Doctrine , but thou mak'st us do.
... thee his fervent breath may blow , But ' t is thyself alone can give the fire : Thou without them may'st speak and profit too ; But without thee what could the Prophets do ? They preach the Doctrine , but thou mak'st us do.
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... thee no longer is the same , As meat digested takes a diff'rent name ; But sense must sure thy safest plunder be , Since no reprisals can be made on thee . Thus thou may'st rise , and in thy daring flight ( Tho ' ne'er so weighty ) ...
... thee no longer is the same , As meat digested takes a diff'rent name ; But sense must sure thy safest plunder be , Since no reprisals can be made on thee . Thus thou may'st rise , and in thy daring flight ( Tho ' ne'er so weighty ) ...
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... thee place ; Tho ' all the skies , ambitious of thy sway , Conspire to court thee from our world away ; Tho ' Phoebus longs to mix his rays with thine , And in thy glories more serenely shine ; 40 Tho ' Jove himself no less content ...
... thee place ; Tho ' all the skies , ambitious of thy sway , Conspire to court thee from our world away ; Tho ' Phoebus longs to mix his rays with thine , And in thy glories more serenely shine ; 40 Tho ' Jove himself no less content ...
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... thee begot an impious brood , And with full lust those horrid joys re- new'd , Then , self condemn'd , to shades of endless night , Forc'd from these orbs the bleeding balls of sight , 100 Oh hear ! and aid the vengeance I require , If ...
... thee begot an impious brood , And with full lust those horrid joys re- new'd , Then , self condemn'd , to shades of endless night , Forc'd from these orbs the bleeding balls of sight , 100 Oh hear ! and aid the vengeance I require , If ...
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... thee the bow and mortal shafts are borne ; Eternal charms thy blooming youth adorn ; Skill'd in the laws of secret Fate above , And the dark counsels of almighty Jove . ' Tis thine the seeds of future war to know , 841 The change of ...
... thee the bow and mortal shafts are borne ; Eternal charms thy blooming youth adorn ; Skill'd in the laws of secret Fate above , And the dark counsels of almighty Jove . ' Tis thine the seeds of future war to know , 841 The change of ...
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Página 141 - All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee; All Chance, Direction, which thou canst not see; All Discord, Harmony not understood; All partial Evil, universal Good: And, spite of Pride, in erring Reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Página 90 - 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. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Página 139 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Página 98 - Cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly Thing of Use ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it sure be such a Sin to paint. But since, alas ! frail Beauty must decay...
Página 72 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 94 - 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...
Página 93 - Falls undistinguish'd by the victor spade! Thus far both armies to Belinda yield; Now to the baron fate inclines the field. His warlike Amazon her host invades, Th' imperial consort of the crown of spades.
Página 168 - But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
Página 138 - Say first, of God above, or man below What can we reason, but from what we know? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer?
Página 91 - 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.