The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume 1W. Bowyer, 1717 - 408 pagina's |
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... head , whilft you diffolve the heart : Inflame the Soldier with harmonious rage , Elate the young , and gravely warm the sage : Allure , with tender verse , the Female race , And give their darling paffion , courtly grace . Describe the ...
... head , whilft you diffolve the heart : Inflame the Soldier with harmonious rage , Elate the young , and gravely warm the sage : Allure , with tender verse , the Female race , And give their darling paffion , courtly grace . Describe the ...
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... head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically dull . So purling ftreams with even mrumurs creep , And hush the heavy hearers into fleep . As smootheft fpeech is most deceitful found ...
... head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically dull . So purling ftreams with even mrumurs creep , And hush the heavy hearers into fleep . As smootheft fpeech is most deceitful found ...
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... d with art , The Sylphs and Gnomes are but a woman's heart . The Graces ftand in fight ; a Satyr - train , Peeps o'er their head , and laughs behind the scene . In Fame's fair Temple o'er the boldest wits , Infhrin'd f In.
... d with art , The Sylphs and Gnomes are but a woman's heart . The Graces ftand in fight ; a Satyr - train , Peeps o'er their head , and laughs behind the scene . In Fame's fair Temple o'er the boldest wits , Infhrin'd f In.
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... head ! Still flide thy waters foft among the trees , Thy Afpins quiver in a breathing breeze ! Smile , all ye valleys , in eternal spring , Be hush'd , ye winds ! while Pope and Virgil sing . In English lays , and all fublimely great ...
... head ! Still flide thy waters foft among the trees , Thy Afpins quiver in a breathing breeze ! Smile , all ye valleys , in eternal spring , Be hush'd , ye winds ! while Pope and Virgil sing . In English lays , and all fublimely great ...
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... head . This to my friend- friend — and when a friend inspires , My filent harp its master's hand requires , Shakes ... heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fides , and torrents at their feet ; Or lazy lakes , unconscious of a flood ...
... head . This to my friend- friend — and when a friend inspires , My filent harp its master's hand requires , Shakes ... heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fides , and torrents at their feet ; Or lazy lakes , unconscious of a flood ...
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Pagina 43 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Pagina 121 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Pagina 132 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Pagina 154 - Though mark'd by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice's locks first rose so bright, The heav'ns bespangling with dishevel'd light.
Pagina 129 - And tremble at the sea that froths below ! He spoke ; the spirits from the sails descend , Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend ; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair ; Some hang upon the pendants of her ear ; With beating hearts the dire event they wait, Anxious, and trembling for the birth of Fate.
Pagina 117 - These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring.
Pagina 5 - If we would copy nature, it may be useful to take this idea along with us, that pastoral is an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to describe our shepherds as shepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the best of men followed the employment.
Pagina 112 - The Rosicrucians are a People I must bring You acquainted with. The best Account I know of them is in a French Book called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its Title and Size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by Mistake. According to these Gentlemen the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes, or Daemons of Earth, delight in Mischief; but the Sylphs, whose Habitation is in the Air, are the best-conditioned...
Pagina 117 - Of airy Elves by Moonlight Shadows seen, The silver Token, and the circled Green, Or Virgins visited by Angel-Pow'rs, With Golden Crowns and Wreaths of heav'nly Flow'rs, Hear and believe!
Pagina 139 - Kiss, Not Tyrants fierce that unrepenting die, Not Cynthia when her Manteau's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such Rage, Resentment, and Despair, As Thou, sad Virgin ! for thy ravish'd Hair. For, that sad moment, when the Sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from BELINDA flew, Umbriel...