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Live , and enjoy their spite ! nor mourn that fate , Which would , if Virgil liv'd , on
Virgil wait ; Is those more dull , as more cenforious days , Whose muse did once ,
like thine , in plains delight ; Thine snall , like his , foon take a higher flight : When
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Live , and enjoy their spite ! nor mourn that fate , Which would , if Virgil liv'd , on
Virgil wait ; Is those more dull , as more cenforious days , Whose muse did once ,
like thine , in plains delight ; Thine snall , like his , foon take a higher flight : When
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T'he mighty blessing , " while we live , to live , " 90 To her Caliita pror'd her
conduct nice ; Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ! And guod Simplicius
asks of her advice . Lucretia's dagger , Rofamonda's bowl . Sudden , ihe storms
the raves ...
T'he mighty blessing , " while we live , to live , " 90 To her Caliita pror'd her
conduct nice ; Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ! And guod Simplicius
asks of her advice . Lucretia's dagger , Rofamonda's bowl . Sudden , ihe storms
the raves ...
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( a ) WHAT , and how great , the virtue and the art Oh blast it , ( l ) south winds tilla
itench exhale To live on little with a cheerful heart ; Rank as the ripeness of a
rabbit's tail . O ( A doctrine sage , but truly none of mine ) By what criterion do you
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( a ) WHAT , and how great , the virtue and the art Oh blast it , ( l ) south winds tilla
itench exhale To live on little with a cheerful heart ; Rank as the ripeness of a
rabbit's tail . O ( A doctrine sage , but truly none of mine ) By what criterion do you
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And crown our actions with eternal fame : Thus mighty Cæsar's triumphs live ,
LEND me thy muse , thy merits to proclaim , Not in his monuments , but those his
poets give . And give thy worth its just intringic fame ; In fields of death , the ...
And crown our actions with eternal fame : Thus mighty Cæsar's triumphs live ,
LEND me thy muse , thy merits to proclaim , Not in his monuments , but those his
poets give . And give thy worth its just intringic fame ; In fields of death , the ...
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Yet , one dear movrner will my death distress , Thus abfent fanciers dream they
meet the ghost Whom I would live for , could I live to bless ! of some dead partner
, whom they value moft : Her tears are tortures which I cannot bear ; But when ...
Yet , one dear movrner will my death distress , Thus abfent fanciers dream they
meet the ghost Whom I would live for , could I live to bless ! of some dead partner
, whom they value moft : Her tears are tortures which I cannot bear ; But when ...
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appear arms bear beauty beneath blood breaſt breath charms court crowd death eyes face fair fall fame fate fear fields fire firſt flow fools give gods grace hand head hear heart heaven himſelf honour hope hour juſt kind king land laſt laws learned leave letter light live look Lord maid mind moſt muſe muſt nature never night o'er once pain plain play pleaſe poem poet poor Pope praiſe pride proud race rage riſe round ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſoul ſtill ſuch tears tell thee theſe things thoſe thou thought trembling true turn vain verſe virtue whole whoſe wind write youth
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Página 92 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 27 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Página 92 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Página 89 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Página 89 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Página 17 - Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Página 39 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 161 - ... or science, which have not been touched upon by others ; we have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights. If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry...
Página 102 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
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| Título | A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison. Hammond. Savage. Hill. Tickell. Somervile. Broome. Pitt. Blair Volumen8 de A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, John and Arthur Arch |
| Colaboradores | Bell & Bradfute, John and Arthur Arch |
| Editor | John & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 11 Abr. 2006 |
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