The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volumen1W. Bowyer, 1717 - 408 páginas |
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... gentle- men will dread him as a wit , and a hundred in- nocent women as a fatyrift . In a word , whatever be his fate in Poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed fome ...
... gentle- men will dread him as a wit , and a hundred in- nocent women as a fatyrift . In a word , whatever be his fate in Poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed fome ...
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... . Whilft he who beft your Poetry afferts , Afferts his own , by fympathy of parts . Me Panegyrick verfe does not infpire , Who never well can praise what I admire , Nor Nor in thofe lofty tryáls dare appear , But gently.
... . Whilft he who beft your Poetry afferts , Afferts his own , by fympathy of parts . Me Panegyrick verfe does not infpire , Who never well can praise what I admire , Nor Nor in thofe lofty tryáls dare appear , But gently.
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Alexander Pope. Nor in thofe lofty tryáls dare appear , But gently drop this counsel in your ear . Go on , to gain applauses by defert , Inform the head , whilft you diffolve the heart : Inflame the Soldier with harmonious rage , Elate ...
Alexander Pope. Nor in thofe lofty tryáls dare appear , But gently drop this counsel in your ear . Go on , to gain applauses by defert , Inform the head , whilft you diffolve the heart : Inflame the Soldier with harmonious rage , Elate ...
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... gently from thy facred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian Mufes sing ; Let vernal airs thro ' trembling ofiers play , And Albion's cliffs refound the rural lay . You , that too wife for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to ...
... gently from thy facred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian Mufes sing ; Let vernal airs thro ' trembling ofiers play , And Albion's cliffs refound the rural lay . You , that too wife for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to ...
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... gentle Delia beckons from the plain , Then hid in fhades , eludes her eager fwain ; But feigns a laugh , to fee me fearch around , And by that laugh the willing fair is found . DAPHNI S. The fprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She ...
... gentle Delia beckons from the plain , Then hid in fhades , eludes her eager fwain ; But feigns a laugh , to fee me fearch around , And by that laugh the willing fair is found . DAPHNI S. The fprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She ...
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Página 43 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Página 121 - 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 132 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Página 154 - Though mark'd by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice's locks first rose so bright, The heav'ns bespangling with dishevel'd light.
Página 129 - And tremble at the sea that froths below ! He spoke ; the spirits from the sails descend , Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend ; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair ; Some hang upon the pendants of her ear ; With beating hearts the dire event they wait, Anxious, and trembling for the birth of Fate.
Página 117 - These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring.
Página 5 - If we would copy nature, it may be useful to take this idea along with us, that pastoral is an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to describe our shepherds as shepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the best of men followed the employment.
Página 112 - The Rosicrucians are a People I must bring You acquainted with. The best Account I know of them is in a French Book called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its Title and Size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by Mistake. According to these Gentlemen the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes, or Daemons of Earth, delight in Mischief; but the Sylphs, whose Habitation is in the Air, are the best-conditioned...
Página 117 - Of airy Elves by Moonlight Shadows seen, The silver Token, and the circled Green, Or Virgins visited by Angel-Pow'rs, With Golden Crowns and Wreaths of heav'nly Flow'rs, Hear and believe!
Página 139 - Kiss, Not Tyrants fierce that unrepenting die, Not Cynthia when her Manteau's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such Rage, Resentment, and Despair, As Thou, sad Virgin ! for thy ravish'd Hair. For, that sad moment, when the Sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from BELINDA flew, Umbriel...