The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, المجلد 1W. Bowyer, 1717 - 408 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 16
... Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conqueft to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNI S. Nay tell me first , in what more happy fields The Thistle fprings , to which the Lilly yields ? And then a nobler prize I will ...
... Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conqueft to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNI S. Nay tell me first , in what more happy fields The Thistle fprings , to which the Lilly yields ? And then a nobler prize I will ...
الصفحة 32
... tell the reeds , and tell the vocal fhore , Fair Daphne's dead , and music is no more ! Her fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in fighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry plain and wood , Her fate ...
... tell the reeds , and tell the vocal fhore , Fair Daphne's dead , and music is no more ! Her fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in fighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry plain and wood , Her fate ...
الصفحة 49
... tell , a Stuart reigns . Not thus the Land appear'd in ages past , A dreary defert and a gloomy waste , To favage beasts and * favage laws a prey , And Kings more furious and fevere than they ; Who claim'd the skies , difpeopled air and ...
... tell , a Stuart reigns . Not thus the Land appear'd in ages past , A dreary defert and a gloomy waste , To favage beasts and * favage laws a prey , And Kings more furious and fevere than they ; Who claim'd the skies , difpeopled air and ...
الصفحة 73
... tell ' em , would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain Wit's , that might a hundred tire . But you who seek to give and merit fame , And justly bear a Critic's noble name , Be fure your self and your own reach to know , How far your ...
... tell ' em , would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain Wit's , that might a hundred tire . But you who seek to give and merit fame , And justly bear a Critic's noble name , Be fure your self and your own reach to know , How far your ...
الصفحة 106
... tell , Nature's chief mafter - piece is writing well . Such was Roscommon ---- not more learn'd than good , With manners gen'rous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known ; And ev'ry author's merit but his own ...
... tell , Nature's chief mafter - piece is writing well . Such was Roscommon ---- not more learn'd than good , With manners gen'rous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known ; And ev'ry author's merit but his own ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 117 - These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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...