An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 pages |
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... circumstance that gave origin to the opinion , that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting species of composition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and ...
... circumstance that gave origin to the opinion , that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting species of composition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and ...
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... circumstances of distress and desolation , that were to attend the fall of that magnificent city , Babylon and the latter is , perhaps , a more proper and interesting subject for poetry than the former ; as such kinds of objects make ...
... circumstances of distress and desolation , that were to attend the fall of that magnificent city , Babylon and the latter is , perhaps , a more proper and interesting subject for poetry than the former ; as such kinds of objects make ...
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... was improved with many important circumstances . Paris , 1752. Dedi , cated to the Queen of France . † Ver . 171 . Ver . 233 . || Ver . 267 . he should have omitted the opportunity of de- scribing at AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
... was improved with many important circumstances . Paris , 1752. Dedi , cated to the Queen of France . † Ver . 171 . Ver . 233 . || Ver . 267 . he should have omitted the opportunity of de- scribing at AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
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... circumstance in his highly picturesque , His sea - green mantle waving with the wind . appearance The relievo upon his urn is also finely ima- gined : The figur'd streams in waves of silver roll'd , And on their banks Augusta rose in ...
... circumstance in his highly picturesque , His sea - green mantle waving with the wind . appearance The relievo upon his urn is also finely ima- gined : The figur'd streams in waves of silver roll'd , And on their banks Augusta rose in ...
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... circumstances as are best adapted to strike the imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly consti- tutes true poetry . An historian , or prose- writer , might say , " Then shall the most dis- tant nations croud into ...
... circumstances as are best adapted to strike the imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly consti- tutes true poetry . An historian , or prose- writer , might say , " Then shall the most dis- tant nations croud into ...
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Page 12 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up with acceptance on Mine altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory.
Page 224 - Be kind and courteous to this gentleman ; Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, -. With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries. The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes...
Page 145 - 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 7 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Page 231 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Page 315 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 148 - Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek, We write in sand, our language grows, And like the tide our work o'erflows.
Page 220 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every 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, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Page 390 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Page 223 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.