The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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Page 17
... whose baleful dews the Poppy sprung . No longer Genius woo'd the Nine to love , But Dulnefs nodded in the Mufe's grove : Wit , Spirit , Freedom , were the fole offence , Nor aught was held fo dangerous as Sense . At length , again fair ...
... whose baleful dews the Poppy sprung . No longer Genius woo'd the Nine to love , But Dulnefs nodded in the Mufe's grove : Wit , Spirit , Freedom , were the fole offence , Nor aught was held fo dangerous as Sense . At length , again fair ...
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... whose hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the ftorms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a Cæfar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to fcourge mankind ? 160 From pride , from pride , our very reafoning fprings ...
... whose hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the ftorms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a Cæfar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to fcourge mankind ? 160 From pride , from pride , our very reafoning fprings ...
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... MS . For more perfection than this state can bear In vain we figh , Heaven made us as we are . As wifely fure a modeft Ape might aim To be like Man , whose faculties and frame Не Inftru & t the planets in what orbs to run [ 41 ]
... MS . For more perfection than this state can bear In vain we figh , Heaven made us as we are . As wifely fure a modeft Ape might aim To be like Man , whose faculties and frame Не Inftru & t the planets in what orbs to run [ 41 ]
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... whose well - accorded ftrife Gives all the strength and colour of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes ; And , when in act they ceafe , in profpect rife : Prefent to grafp , and future ftill to find , The whole employ of ...
... whose well - accorded ftrife Gives all the strength and colour of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes ; And , when in act they ceafe , in profpect rife : Prefent to grafp , and future ftill to find , The whole employ of ...
Page 66
... whose life is in the right ; In Faith and Hope the world will disagree , But all Mankind's concern is Charity : All must be falfe that thwarts this One great End : And all of God , that bless Mankind , or mend . Man , like the generous ...
... whose life is in the right ; In Faith and Hope the world will disagree , But all Mankind's concern is Charity : All must be falfe that thwarts this One great End : And all of God , that bless Mankind , or mend . Man , like the generous ...
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aetas againſt Aſk atque Balaam beſt Biſhop bleffing bleft bluſh breaſt Cæfar cauſe charms Court Dæmon eafe eaſe EPISTLE ev'n eyes fame fate fave fhall fhould fibi fince fing firſt foft Folly fome fool foul ftill ftrong fuch fure grace Happineſs heart Heaven himſelf honeft honour Houſe juft juſt King Knave laft laſt learn'd lefs leſs loft Lord lov'd ludicra mankind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Nature ne'er numbers nunc o'er Paffion paſs paſt pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poet praiſe pride purſue quae quid quod Reaſon reft reſt rife riſe Sappho Satire ſay ſcarce ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſmile ſome ſpread ſtate ſtill Taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi truſt Truth Twas uſe VARIATION Verfe verſe Vice Virtue whofe whoſe wife worfe
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Page 41 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Page 29 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 39 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 77 - 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!
Page 50 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Page 156 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 60 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Page 64 - For nature knew no right divine in men ; No ill could fear in God, and understood A...
Page 69 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 56 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.