The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1835 - 442 pages |
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... Pylian sage , Experienced Nestor , in persuasion skill'd , Words sweet as honey from his lips distill'd ; Two generations now had pass'd away , Wise by his rules , and happy by his sway ; Two ages o'er his native realm he reign'd , 330 ...
... Pylian sage , Experienced Nestor , in persuasion skill'd , Words sweet as honey from his lips distill'd ; Two generations now had pass'd away , Wise by his rules , and happy by his sway ; Two ages o'er his native realm he reign'd , 330 ...
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... Pylian sage , Renown'd for wisdom , and revered for age ; Around his temples spreads his golden wing , And thus the flattering dream deceives the king : Canst thou , with all a monarch's cares oppress'd , Oh Atreus ' son ! canst thou ...
... Pylian sage , Renown'd for wisdom , and revered for age ; Around his temples spreads his golden wing , And thus the flattering dream deceives the king : Canst thou , with all a monarch's cares oppress'd , Oh Atreus ' son ! canst thou ...
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... Pylian bands , And with inspiring eloquence commands ; 270 With strictest order sets his train in arms , The chiefs advises , and the soldiers warms . Alastor , Chromius , Hæmon round him wait , Bias the good , and Pelagon the great ...
... Pylian bands , And with inspiring eloquence commands ; 270 With strictest order sets his train in arms , The chiefs advises , and the soldiers warms . Alastor , Chromius , Hæmon round him wait , Bias the good , and Pelagon the great ...
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... Pylian fields . He got Orsilochus , Diöcleus he , And these descended in the third degree . Too early expert in the martial toil , In sable ships they left their native soil , To avenge Atrides : now , untimely slain , They fell with ...
... Pylian fields . He got Orsilochus , Diöcleus he , And these descended in the third degree . Too early expert in the martial toil , In sable ships they left their native soil , To avenge Atrides : now , untimely slain , They fell with ...
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... Pylian sage : Let thirst of glory your brave souls divide ; What chief shall combat let the lots decide . Whom heaven shall choose , be his the chance to His country's fame , his own immortal praise . Who in the highest heaven hast fix ...
... Pylian sage : Let thirst of glory your brave souls divide ; What chief shall combat let the lots decide . Whom heaven shall choose , be his the chance to His country's fame , his own immortal praise . Who in the highest heaven hast fix ...
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phœbus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth
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Page 97 - 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) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan...
Page 62 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 56 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, • The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 66 - 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 118 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 56 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 107 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives...
Page 108 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Page 122 - 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.
Page 100 - Created half to rise, and half to 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...