The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volume 5T. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 pages |
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... youth the vessel drains ? 80 Our fathers prais'd rank ven'son . You suppose , Perhaps , young men ! our fathers had no nose . Not so : a buck was then a week's repast , And ' twas their point , I ween , to make it last ; 85 90 More ...
... youth the vessel drains ? 80 Our fathers prais'd rank ven'son . You suppose , Perhaps , young men ! our fathers had no nose . Not so : a buck was then a week's repast , And ' twas their point , I ween , to make it last ; 85 90 More ...
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... youth , and follow'd without pow'r : At home tho ' exil'd ; free tho ' in the Tow'r : In short , that reas'ning , high , immortal thing , Just less than Jove , and much above a king : Nay , half in heav'n - except [ what's mighty odd ] ...
... youth , and follow'd without pow'r : At home tho ' exil'd ; free tho ' in the Tow'r : In short , that reas'ning , high , immortal thing , Just less than Jove , and much above a king : Nay , half in heav'n - except [ what's mighty odd ] ...
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... youth , And sets the passions on the side of truth , Forms the soft bosom with the gentlest art , And pours each human virtue in the heart . Let Ireland tell how Wit upheld her cause , Her trade supported , and supply'd her laws , And ...
... youth , And sets the passions on the side of truth , Forms the soft bosom with the gentlest art , And pours each human virtue in the heart . Let Ireland tell how Wit upheld her cause , Her trade supported , and supply'd her laws , And ...
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... youths and nymphs , in consort gay , Shall hail the rising , close the parting day . With me alas ! those joys are o'er ; For me the vernal garlands bloom no more . Adieu ! fond hope of mutual fire , The still - believing , still renew ...
... youths and nymphs , in consort gay , Shall hail the rising , close the parting day . With me alas ! those joys are o'er ; For me the vernal garlands bloom no more . Adieu ! fond hope of mutual fire , The still - believing , still renew ...
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... youth , long pleasure , and a friend ; Not with those toys the female world admire , Riches that vex , and vanities that tire . With added years , if life bring nothing new , But like a sieve let ev'ry blessing thro ' , Some joys still ...
... youth , long pleasure , and a friend ; Not with those toys the female world admire , Riches that vex , and vanities that tire . With added years , if life bring nothing new , But like a sieve let ev'ry blessing thro ' , Some joys still ...
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Page 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 13 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 18 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Page 15 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :; Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Page 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Page 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Page 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.