The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Translations and imitationsJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... whose statues learn to weep ! Tho ' cold like you , unmov'd and filent grown , I have not yet forgot myself to ftone . All is not Heav'n's while Abelard has part , Still rebel nature holds out half my heart ; Nor pray'rs nor fafts its ...
... whose statues learn to weep ! Tho ' cold like you , unmov'd and filent grown , I have not yet forgot myself to ftone . All is not Heav'n's while Abelard has part , Still rebel nature holds out half my heart ; Nor pray'rs nor fafts its ...
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... whose works were for the moft part Visions , or pieces of imagination , and conftantly de- fcriptive . From thefe , Petrarch and Chaucer frequently borrow the idea of their poems . See the Trionfi of the former , and the Dream , Flower ...
... whose works were for the moft part Visions , or pieces of imagination , and conftantly de- fcriptive . From thefe , Petrarch and Chaucer frequently borrow the idea of their poems . See the Trionfi of the former , and the Dream , Flower ...
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... Whose tow'ring fummit ambient clouds conceal'd . IMITATIONS . VER . II etc. ] Thefe verfes are hinted from the following of Chaucer , Book ii . Tho ' beheld I fields and plains , Now hills , and now mountains , Now valeis , and now ...
... Whose tow'ring fummit ambient clouds conceal'd . IMITATIONS . VER . II etc. ] Thefe verfes are hinted from the following of Chaucer , Book ii . Tho ' beheld I fields and plains , Now hills , and now mountains , Now valeis , and now ...
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... whose ev'ry word Is weigh'd with judgment , and befits a Lord : Your will is mine ; and is ( I will maintain ) Pleafing to God , and should be fo to Man ; At least , your courage all the world must praise , Who dare to wed in your ...
... whose ev'ry word Is weigh'd with judgment , and befits a Lord : Your will is mine ; and is ( I will maintain ) Pleafing to God , and should be fo to Man ; At least , your courage all the world must praise , Who dare to wed in your ...
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... Whose use old Bards describe in luscious rhymes , And Critics learn'd explain to modern times . 380 By this the sheets were spread , the bride undress'd , The room was fprinkled , and the bed was blefs'd . What next enfu'd befeems not ...
... Whose use old Bards describe in luscious rhymes , And Critics learn'd explain to modern times . 380 By this the sheets were spread , the bride undress'd , The room was fprinkled , and the bed was blefs'd . What next enfu'd befeems not ...
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Página 30 - Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Página 28 - And Saints with wonder heard the vows I made, Yet then, to those dread altars as I drew...
Página 30 - The darksome pines that o'er yon rocks reclin'd Wave high, and murmur to the hollow wind, The wand'ring streams that shine between the hills, The grots that echo to the tinkling rills, The dying gales that pant upon the trees, The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze ; No more these scenes my meditation aid, Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
Página 59 - The figur'd games of Greece the column grace, Neptune and Jove survey the rapid race. The youths hang o'er their chariots as they run ; The fiery steeds seem starting from the stone ; The champions in distorted postures threat ; 220 And all appear'd irregularly great. Here happy Horace tun'd th...
Página 35 - Nor share one pang of all I felt for thee. Thy oaths I quit, thy memory resign; Forget, renounce me, hate whate'er was mine.
Página 25 - Yet write, oh write me all, that I may join Griefs to thy griefs, and echo sighs to thine. Nor foes nor fortune take this power away; And is my Abelard less kind than they?
Página 33 - The phantom flies me, as unkind as you. I call aloud; it hears not what I say; I stretch my empty arms; it glides away: To dream once more I close my willing eyes; Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! 240 Alas no more!— methinks we wandring go Thro...
Página 35 - When from the cenfer clouds of fragrance roll, And fwelling organs lift the rifing foul, One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight, Priefts, tapers, temples, fwim before my fight : In feas of flame my plunging foul is drown'd, 275 While Altars blaze, and Angels tremble round.
Página 27 - em all: Not Caesar's empress would I deign to prove; No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free, More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!
Página 27 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...