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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... whose filver waters show , Clear as a glafs , the fhining fands below ; A flowery Lotos fpreads its arms above , Shades all the banks , and feems itself a grove ; Eternal greens the moffy margin grace , Watch'd by the Sylvan genius of ...
... whose filver waters show , Clear as a glafs , the fhining fands below ; A flowery Lotos fpreads its arms above , Shades all the banks , and feems itself a grove ; Eternal greens the moffy margin grace , Watch'd by the Sylvan genius of ...
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... whose thoughts were on his spouse intent ; But when he faw his bofom - wife fo dreff'd , His rage was such as cannot be exprefs'd ; Not frantic mothers when their infants die , With louder clamours rend the vaulted sky : He cry'd , he ...
... whose thoughts were on his spouse intent ; But when he faw his bofom - wife fo dreff'd , His rage was such as cannot be exprefs'd ; Not frantic mothers when their infants die , With louder clamours rend the vaulted sky : He cry'd , he ...
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... whose cares Phoroneus ' towers defend , Muft I , oh Jove , in bloody wars contend ? Thou know't thofe regions my protection claim , Glorious in arms , in riches , and in fame : Though there the fair Ægyptian heifer fed , And there ...
... whose cares Phoroneus ' towers defend , Muft I , oh Jove , in bloody wars contend ? Thou know't thofe regions my protection claim , Glorious in arms , in riches , and in fame : Though there the fair Ægyptian heifer fed , And there ...
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... whose object is univerfal , and whofe prospect eternal , ver . 307 That the perfection of virtue and happiness confifts in a conformity to the Order of Providence here , and a refignation to it here and hereafter , ver . 326 , & c . On ...
... whose object is univerfal , and whofe prospect eternal , ver . 307 That the perfection of virtue and happiness confifts in a conformity to the Order of Providence here , and a refignation to it here and hereafter , ver . 326 , & c . On ...
Página 102
... d or not , And let thy will be done . To thee , whofe temple is all space , Whose altar , earth , sea , skies ! One chorus let all being raise ! All nature's incenfe rife ! MORAL ESSAYS , IN FOUR EPISTLES . TO SEVERAL PERSONS.
... d or not , And let thy will be done . To thee , whofe temple is all space , Whose altar , earth , sea , skies ! One chorus let all being raise ! All nature's incenfe rife ! MORAL ESSAYS , IN FOUR EPISTLES . TO SEVERAL PERSONS.
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!