The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Volume 31812 |
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Pagina 16
... fall , Atoms After ver . 68. the following lines in the first edition : If to be perfect in a certain sphere , What matters soon or late , or here or there ? The blest to - day is as completely so , As who began ten thousand years ago ...
... fall , Atoms After ver . 68. the following lines in the first edition : If to be perfect in a certain sphere , What matters soon or late , or here or there ? The blest to - day is as completely so , As who began ten thousand years ago ...
Pagina 23
... fall . Let earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and stars run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl❜d , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre ...
... fall . Let earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and stars run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl❜d , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre ...
Pagina 27
... fall ; Great Lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! VER . 2. Ed . Ist . The only science of mankind is man . After ver . 18. in the MS . For ...
... fall ; Great Lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! VER . 2. Ed . Ist . The only science of mankind is man . After ver . 18. in the MS . For ...
Pagina 36
... 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 ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis to mistake them , costs the time and ...
... 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 ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis to mistake them , costs the time and ...
Pagina 44
... for mine ! " replies a pamper'd goose : 46 And just as short of reason he must fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant Grant that the pow'rful still the weak controul ; Be 44 EP . III . ESSAY ON MAN .
... for mine ! " replies a pamper'd goose : 46 And just as short of reason he must fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant Grant that the pow'rful still the weak controul ; Be 44 EP . III . ESSAY ON MAN .
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Pagina 13 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Pagina 18 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Pagina 18 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Pagina 16 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Pagina 17 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Pagina 244 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Pagina 131 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Pagina 24 - Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, 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...
Pagina 164 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Pagina 67 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.