The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Ingram, Cooke, 1853 |
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... tears , And Hate , engendered by suspicious fears ; And sacred thirst of sway ; and all the ties Of nature broke ; and royal perjuries ; And impotent desire to reign alone , 175 180 That scorns the dull reversion of a throne ; Each ...
... tears , And Hate , engendered by suspicious fears ; And sacred thirst of sway ; and all the ties Of nature broke ; and royal perjuries ; And impotent desire to reign alone , 175 180 That scorns the dull reversion of a throne ; Each ...
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... tear , And give the nations to the waste of war . Adrastus soon , with gods averse , shall join In dire alliance with the Theban line ; 335 340 Hence strife shall rise , and mortal war succeed ; STATIUS'S THEBAIS . 23.
... tear , And give the nations to the waste of war . Adrastus soon , with gods averse , shall join In dire alliance with the Theban line ; 335 340 Hence strife shall rise , and mortal war succeed ; STATIUS'S THEBAIS . 23.
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... tears and grief permit ) relate A nearer woe , a sister's stranger fate . No nymph of all Echalia could compare For beauteous form with Dryope the fair , Her tender mother's only hope and pride , ( Myself the offspring of a second bride ) ...
... tears and grief permit ) relate A nearer woe , a sister's stranger fate . No nymph of all Echalia could compare For beauteous form with Dryope the fair , Her tender mother's only hope and pride , ( Myself the offspring of a second bride ) ...
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... tears their kindred plant bedew , And close embrace as to the roots they grew . The face was all that now remain'd ... tear , And straight a voice , while yet a voice remains , Thus through the trembling boughs in sighs complains " If to ...
... tears their kindred plant bedew , And close embrace as to the roots they grew . The face was all that now remain'd ... tear , And straight a voice , while yet a voice remains , Thus through the trembling boughs in sighs complains " If to ...
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... tears in sadder notes to flow , And tuned my heart to elegies of woe . 5 I burn , I burn , as when through ripen'd corn By driving winds the spreading flames are borne ! Phaon to Ætna's scorching field retires ; 10 While I consume with ...
... tears in sadder notes to flow , And tuned my heart to elegies of woe . 5 I burn , I burn , as when through ripen'd corn By driving winds the spreading flames are borne ! Phaon to Ætna's scorching field retires ; 10 While I consume with ...
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Page 183 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 199 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows...
Page 178 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 265 - Statesman, yet friend to Truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 198 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 246 - Restore the Lock ! she cries ; and all around, Restore the Lock ! the vaulted roofs rebound. Not fierce Othello in so loud a strain...
Page 245 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair ; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side ; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Page 178 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 228 - 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...
Page 242 - CANTO V She said: the pitying audience melt in tears; But Fate and Love had stopp'd the baron's ears. In vain Thalestris with reproach assails, For who can move when fair Belinda fails? Not half so fix'd the Trojan could remain.