The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Том 6C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... Honour , " addressed to Lord Lons- dale , and an ode intitled " The Cure of Saul , " which was set to music and performed as an oratorio . The former of these may be found in the third volume of Dodsley's Collection of Poems , and the ...
... Honour , " addressed to Lord Lons- dale , and an ode intitled " The Cure of Saul , " which was set to music and performed as an oratorio . The former of these may be found in the third volume of Dodsley's Collection of Poems , and the ...
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... honour which was meant its aid . Thus Virtue sinks beneath unnumber'd woes , When Passions , born her friends , revolt her foes . Hence SATIRE's power : ' tis her corrective part , To calm the wild disorders of the heart . She points ...
... honour which was meant its aid . Thus Virtue sinks beneath unnumber'd woes , When Passions , born her friends , revolt her foes . Hence SATIRE's power : ' tis her corrective part , To calm the wild disorders of the heart . She points ...
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... honour's voice , O doom'd to shame , Thou fiend accursed , thou murderer of fame ! Fell ravisher , from Innocence to tear 170 175 180 That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where shall thy baseness meet its just return ? 185 ...
... honour's voice , O doom'd to shame , Thou fiend accursed , thou murderer of fame ! Fell ravisher , from Innocence to tear 170 175 180 That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where shall thy baseness meet its just return ? 185 ...
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... honours not her own . 200 Big - swoln with folly , as her smiles provoke , Profaneness spawns , pert dunces nurse the joke ! Come , let us join awhile this tittering crew , And now the ideot guide for once is true ; Deride our weak ...
... honours not her own . 200 Big - swoln with folly , as her smiles provoke , Profaneness spawns , pert dunces nurse the joke ! Come , let us join awhile this tittering crew , And now the ideot guide for once is true ; Deride our weak ...
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... honour beam on modern vice ; Point back to minds ingenuous , actions fair , 245 Till the sons blush at what their fathers were , Ere yet ' twas beggary the great to trust ; Ere yet ' twas quite a folly to be just ; When low - born ...
... honour beam on modern vice ; Point back to minds ingenuous , actions fair , 245 Till the sons blush at what their fathers were , Ere yet ' twas beggary the great to trust ; Ere yet ' twas quite a folly to be just ; When low - born ...
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Страница 40 - tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
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Страница 464 - So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails ; For nothing's left in either of the scales.
Страница 81 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings...
Страница 63 - 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, Alike...