A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison. Hammond. Savage. Hill. Tickell. Somervile. Broome. Pitt. BlairJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
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Página 115
... vain to look , Thefe shelves admit not any modern book . 140 And now the chapel's filver bell you hear , That fummons you to all the pride of prayer ; Light quirks of mufic , broken and uneven , Make the foul dance upon a jig to heaven ...
... vain to look , Thefe shelves admit not any modern book . 140 And now the chapel's filver bell you hear , That fummons you to all the pride of prayer ; Light quirks of mufic , broken and uneven , Make the foul dance upon a jig to heaven ...
Página 154
... vain they schem'd , in vain they bled ! They had no poet , and are dead . On receiving from the Right Honourable THE LADY FRANCES SHIRLEY 354 THE WORKS OF POPE .
... vain they schem'd , in vain they bled ! They had no poet , and are dead . On receiving from the Right Honourable THE LADY FRANCES SHIRLEY 354 THE WORKS OF POPE .
Página 155
... vain ! For him , thou oft haft bid the world attend , Fond to forget the statesman in the friend ; For Swift and him , defpis'd the farce of state , The fober follies of the wife and great ; Dextrous , the craving , fawning crowd to ...
... vain ! For him , thou oft haft bid the world attend , Fond to forget the statesman in the friend ; For Swift and him , defpis'd the farce of state , The fober follies of the wife and great ; Dextrous , the craving , fawning crowd to ...
Página 160
... vain ! A while he crawls upon the earth , Then fhrinks to earth again . That woman is a worm , we find E'er fince ... Vain is thy art , thy powder vain , Since worms fhall eat ev'n thee . Our fate thou only canft adjourn Some few short ...
... vain ! A while he crawls upon the earth , Then fhrinks to earth again . That woman is a worm , we find E'er fince ... Vain is thy art , thy powder vain , Since worms fhall eat ev'n thee . Our fate thou only canft adjourn Some few short ...
Página 239
... vain , in vain , the all - compofing hour Refiftless falls : the mufe obeys the power . She comes fhe comes the fable throne behold Of Night primæval , and of Chaos old ! Before her , Fancy's gilded clouds decay , And all its varying ...
... vain , in vain , the all - compofing hour Refiftless falls : the mufe obeys the power . She comes fhe comes the fable throne behold Of Night primæval , and of Chaos old ! Before her , Fancy's gilded clouds decay , And all its varying ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt bleft bofom breaſt caufe charms Dione Dunciad ev'n eyes FABLE facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcorn fecret feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhore fhould fhow fide fighs fince fing fire firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep flies fmiles foft fome fong fools foon foul ftands ftill ftreams fuch fure fwain fweet fwell goddeſs grace guife hand hath heart heaven himſelf honour Iliad juft juſt king laft laſt lefs loft Lord Lycidas maid moft moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er paffion Parthenia perfon plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope praife praiſe pride profe purſue rage raiſe reafon reft rife rofe ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrains thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand trembling uſe verfe verſe virtue whofe whoſe wife youth
Pasajes populares
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 23 - 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 13 - 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 35 - 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!