...bird of Juno stooping : Melody resigns to fate. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that 's dour, were no sooner read, But all the vision vanish' d from thy head. And now unveil' winy, yet a friend. \ot warp'd by passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, nor gay through...

...Philomela, drooping, Softly seeks her silent mate, See the bird of Juno stooping ; Melody resigns to fate. e the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to...Plato, to the empyreal sphere, To the first good, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, or gay tlirough folly, An equal mixture of good humour And...

...Queen, * Pope alludes to this personal defect in his Lines " On a certain Lady at Court:" " I know a thing that's most uncommon ; (Envy be silent, and...Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour ; Not grave through pride, or gay through folly — An equal mixture of good humour...

...Queen, • Pope alludes to this personal defect in his Lines " On a certain Lady at Court :" " I know a thing that's most uncommon ; (Envy be silent, and...Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour ; Not grave through pride, or gay through folly — An equal mixture of good humour...

...following verses; of which, however, the merit is indifferent and the compliment obscure: I know a thing that's most uncommon; (Envy, be silent, and...Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour ; Not grave through pride, or gay through folly; An equal mixture of good-humour, And...

...verses ; of which, however, the merit is indifferent and the compliment obscure : I know a thing that 's most uncommon ; (Envy, be silent, and attend !) I...Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour ; Not grave through pride, or gay through folly ; An equal mixture of good-humour, And...

...certainly had no view to the logical talents of the lady whom he celebrates : — " I know a tiling that's most uncommon, (Envy, be silent and attend)...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend." Of this reasonable woman, we may venture to conjecture, with some confidence, that she did not belong...

...and mistress of George the Second. [And to whom Pope addressed the elegant lines beginning— • " I know the thing that's most uncommon ; (Envy, be...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend." — ED.] cause she had not power to do so : and one is sure that a man who could deify that silly woman,...

...the Second. [And to whom Pope addressed the elegant lines beginning — " I know the thing that 's most uncommon ; (Envy, be silent and attend !) I know...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend." — ED.] VOL. III. NEW SERIES. P and even that mean exploded miser, Lord Bath, presumed to talk of...

...madding throng, In wonder and oblivion drown'd, To sculpture turn'd by magic sound And petrifying song ! ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's...Friend. Not warp'd by Passion, aw'd by Rumour, Not grave through Pride, or gay through Folly, An equal Mixture of good Humour, And sensible soft Melancholy....