The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the use of young people, by W.C. MacreadyBradbury & Evans, 1849 - 392 páginas |
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... death . P " Non canimus surdis , respondent omnia sylvæ . " - VIRG . 9 A line out of Spenser's Epithalamion . 8 r " Quæ nemora , aut qui vos saltus habuere , puellæ Naïdes , indigno cum Gallus amore periret ? Nam neque Parnassi vobis ...
... death . P " Non canimus surdis , respondent omnia sylvæ . " - VIRG . 9 A line out of Spenser's Epithalamion . 8 r " Quæ nemora , aut qui vos saltus habuere , puellæ Naïdes , indigno cum Gallus amore periret ? Nam neque Parnassi vobis ...
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... death " He said ; Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name : But now the reeds shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despised by thee . Oh ! were I made by some transforming power The ...
... death " He said ; Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name : But now the reeds shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despised by thee . Oh ! were I made by some transforming power The ...
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... death to those who love ? Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! Cursed be the fields that cause my Delia's stay ; Fade every blossom , wither every tree , Die every flower , and perish all , but she . What have I said ? where'er ...
... death to those who love ? Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! Cursed be the fields that cause my Delia's stay ; Fade every blossom , wither every tree , Die every flower , and perish all , but she . What have I said ? where'er ...
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... death , I should take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the same lady . " Her death having happened on the night of the great storm in 1703 , gave a propriety to this eclogue , which in its ...
... death , I should take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the same lady . " Her death having happened on the night of the great storm in 1703 , gave a propriety to this eclogue , which in its ...
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... yield . h " Audiit Eurotas , jussitque ediscere lauros . " - VIRG . " Inducite fontibus umbras- i . Et tumulum facite , et tumulo superaddite carmen . " The balmy zephyrs , silent since her death , Lament 12 PASTORALS .
... yield . h " Audiit Eurotas , jussitque ediscere lauros . " - VIRG . " Inducite fontibus umbras- i . Et tumulum facite , et tumulo superaddite carmen . " The balmy zephyrs , silent since her death , Lament 12 PASTORALS .
Termos e frases comuns
Adrastus Æneid Ambrose Philips ancient arms bard Bavius behold blest breast breath charms Cibber clouds Codrus court cried crown'd death divine dread Dryope Dulness Dunciad Eteocles eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flies fool genius give glory goddess gods gold grace hand head heart Heaven heroes honour Horace Jove king knave learning live Lord lyre mighty monumental brass mortal Muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once Ovid passion Phoebus Pindar pleased poem poet Polynices praise pride proud Queen rage reign rhyme rise roll round sacred Sappho satire seem'd sense shade shine sighs sing skies smiles soft soul sound spread sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee thine things thou throne trembling verse VIRG Virgil virtue Whig winds wings wretched youth
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Página 314 - Sense ! See Mystery to Mathematics fly! In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Página 127 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way ; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven...
Página 12 - Rise, crown'd with light, imperial Salem, rise! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes! See a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks, on every side arise Demanding life, impatient for the skies!
Página 12 - Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; But lost, dissolved in thy superior rays, One tide of glory, one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts; the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine...
Página 156 - That REASON, PASSION, answer one great aim ; That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the same ; That VIRTUE only makes our bliss below ; And all our knowledge is, OURSELVES TO KNOW. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. DEO OPT. MAX, FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord...
Página 37 - Who gave the ball or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes: At every word a reputation dies.
Página 27 - whispers through the trees:" If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep...
Página 127 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Página 11 - No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes. Nor fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er, The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a plough-share end.
Página 36 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.