The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volumen5T. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 páginas |
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... fear , 285 Or from the soft - ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlesss neighbour's peace , Insults fall'n worth , or beauty in distress , Who loves a lie , lame slander helps about , Who writes a libel , or who copies out ...
... fear , 285 Or from the soft - ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlesss neighbour's peace , Insults fall'n worth , or beauty in distress , Who loves a lie , lame slander helps about , Who writes a libel , or who copies out ...
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... fear . Admire we then what earth's low entrails hold , Arabian shores , or Indian seas infold ; All the mad trade of fools and slaves for gold ? Or popularity ? or stars and strings ? The mob's applauses , or the gifts of kings ? Say ...
... fear . Admire we then what earth's low entrails hold , Arabian shores , or Indian seas infold ; All the mad trade of fools and slaves for gold ? Or popularity ? or stars and strings ? The mob's applauses , or the gifts of kings ? Say ...
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... fear'd it , took th ' alarm , 255 Appeal'd to Law , and Justice lent her arm . At length by wholesome dread of statutes bound , The poets learn'd to please , and not to wound : Most warp'd to Flatt'ry's side ; but some , more nice ...
... fear'd it , took th ' alarm , 255 Appeal'd to Law , and Justice lent her arm . At length by wholesome dread of statutes bound , The poets learn'd to please , and not to wound : Most warp'd to Flatt'ry's side ; but some , more nice ...
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... fear't will break his mother's heart . " Once ( and but once ) I caught him in a lie , " And then , unwhipp'd , he had the grace to cry : " The fault he has I fairly shall reveal , " ( Could you o'erlook but that ) it is to steal . " 20 ...
... fear't will break his mother's heart . " Once ( and but once ) I caught him in a lie , " And then , unwhipp'd , he had the grace to cry : " The fault he has I fairly shall reveal , " ( Could you o'erlook but that ) it is to steal . " 20 ...
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... fear appal ? Not the black fear of death , that saddens all ? With terrors round , can reason hold her throne , 310 Despise the known , nor tremble at th ' unknown ? Survey both worlds , intrepid and entire , In spite of witches ...
... fear appal ? Not the black fear of death , that saddens all ? With terrors round , can reason hold her throne , 310 Despise the known , nor tremble at th ' unknown ? Survey both worlds , intrepid and entire , In spite of witches ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 13 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 18 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Página 15 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :; Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Página 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Página 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Página 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Página 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Página 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Página 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.