The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 31863 |
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... morals , and family ; whereof , to those who know me not , a truer information may be requisite . Being divided be- tween the necessity to say something of myself , and my own laziness to undertake so awkward a task , I thought it the ...
... morals , and family ; whereof , to those who know me not , a truer information may be requisite . Being divided be- tween the necessity to say something of myself , and my own laziness to undertake so awkward a task , I thought it the ...
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... morals blacken'd when the writings ' scape , The libell'd person , and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse on all he lov'd , or lov'd him , spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; 1 The whisper , that , to greatness still too near ...
... morals blacken'd when the writings ' scape , The libell'd person , and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse on all he lov'd , or lov'd him , spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; 1 The whisper , that , to greatness still too near ...
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... introduction of the polite arts of Greece had given the writers of his time great advantages over their prede- cessors ; that their morals were much improved , and 56 THE POEMS The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace Augustus.
... introduction of the polite arts of Greece had given the writers of his time great advantages over their prede- cessors ; that their morals were much improved , and 56 THE POEMS The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace Augustus.
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... morals , arts , and laws amend ; How shall the muse , from such a monarch , steal An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more sacred name , After a life of generous ...
... morals , arts , and laws amend ; How shall the muse , from such a monarch , steal An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more sacred name , After a life of generous ...
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... moral pleases , not his pointed wit : Forgot his Epic , nay , Pindaric art , But still I love the language of his heart . ' Yet surely , surely these were famous men ! What boy but hears the sayings of old Ben ? In all debates where ...
... moral pleases , not his pointed wit : Forgot his Epic , nay , Pindaric art , But still I love the language of his heart . ' Yet surely , surely these were famous men ! What boy but hears the sayings of old Ben ? In all debates where ...
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Page 8 - Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Page 8 - 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 352 - 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 restor'd; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; And universal darkness buries all.
Page 352 - Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night: See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head!
Page 135 - Berkshire, •This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Page 129 - Yet soft his nature, though severe his lay, His anger moral, and his wisdom gay. Blest satirist ! who touch'd the mean so true, As show'd, vice had his hate and pity too. Blest courtier ! who could king and country please, Yet sacred keep his friendships, and his ease. Blest peer ! his great forefathers...
Page 72 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that Ion*; have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or brave Raleigh spake ; Or bid the new be English ages hence (For use will father what's begot by sense); Pour the full tide of eloquence along, Serenely pure, and yet divinely strong, Rich with the treasures of each foreign tongue...