The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the use of young people, by W.C. MacreadyBradbury & Evans, 1849 - 392 էջ |
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... genius , may well adopt the language of his polite apologist . In the foremost rank of those who have enriched our literature , his name will always stand conspicuous . For exquisite fancy , and refined wit , accompanied with pecu- liar ...
... genius , may well adopt the language of his polite apologist . In the foremost rank of those who have enriched our literature , his name will always stand conspicuous . For exquisite fancy , and refined wit , accompanied with pecu- liar ...
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... genius , is hard to be distinguished , by a man himself , from a strong inclination ; and if his genius be ever so great , he cannot at first discover it any other way , than by giving way to that prevalent propensity which ren- ders ...
... genius , is hard to be distinguished , by a man himself , from a strong inclination ; and if his genius be ever so great , he cannot at first discover it any other way , than by giving way to that prevalent propensity which ren- ders ...
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... genius as with a fine fashion , all those are dis- pleased at it who are not able to follow it : and it is to be feared that esteem will seldom do any man so much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is a third class of ...
... genius as with a fine fashion , all those are dis- pleased at it who are not able to follow it : and it is to be feared that esteem will seldom do any man so much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is a third class of ...
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... genius as we ; and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They constantly applied themselves not only to that art , but to that single branch of an art to which their talent was ...
... genius as we ; and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They constantly applied themselves not only to that art , but to that single branch of an art to which their talent was ...
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... genius appears in the famous Tasso and our Spenser . Tasso in his Aminta has as far excelled all the pastoral writers , as in his Gierusa- lemme he has outdone the epic poets of his country . But as this piece seems to have been the ...
... genius appears in the famous Tasso and our Spenser . Tasso in his Aminta has as far excelled all the pastoral writers , as in his Gierusa- lemme he has outdone the epic poets of his country . But as this piece seems to have been the ...
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Adrastus Æneid Ambrose Philips ancient arms bard Bavius behold blest breast breath charms Cibber clouds Codrus court cried crown'd death divine dread Dryope Dulness Dunciad Eteocles eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flies fool genius give glory goddess gods gold grace hand head heart Heaven heroes honour Horace Jove king knave learning live Lord lyre mighty monumental brass mortal Muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once Ovid passion Phoebus Pindar pleased poem poet Polynices praise pride proud Queen rage reign rhyme rise roll round sacred Sappho satire seem'd sense shade shine sighs sing skies smiles soft soul sound spread sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee thine things thou throne trembling verse VIRG Virgil virtue Whig winds wings wretched youth
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Էջ 314 - Sense ! See Mystery to Mathematics fly! In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Էջ 127 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way ; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven...
Էջ 12 - Rise, crown'd with light, imperial Salem, rise! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes! See a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks, on every side arise Demanding life, impatient for the skies!
Էջ 12 - Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; But lost, dissolved in thy superior rays, One tide of glory, one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts; the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine...
Էջ 156 - That REASON, PASSION, answer one great aim ; That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the same ; That VIRTUE only makes our bliss below ; And all our knowledge is, OURSELVES TO KNOW. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. DEO OPT. MAX, FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord...
Էջ 37 - Who gave the ball or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes: At every word a reputation dies.
Էջ 27 - whispers through the trees:" If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep...
Էջ 127 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Էջ 11 - No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes. Nor fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er, The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a plough-share end.
Էջ 36 - 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.