 Muse! is due: This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view: Slight is the subject, but not so the praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange motive, Goddess! could compel A well-bred lord t  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 65by Alexander Pope - 1873 - 600 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 146 pages
...mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing — This verse to Caryl, Muse ! is due : This, e'en Belinda may vouchsafe to view : Slight is the subject,...unexplor'd, Could make a gentle belle reject a lord ? In tasks so bold can little men engage, And in soft bosoms dwells such mighty rage ? Sol through... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing—This verse to Caryl, Muse ! is due : This, e'en Belinda may vouchsafe to view: Slight is the subject,...compel A well-bred lord t' assault a gentle belle ? B O say what stranger cause, yet unexplor'd, Could make a gentle belle reject a lord f In tasks so... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...is due : This, e'en Belinda may vouchsafe to view : Slight is the subject, but not so the praise, 5 If she inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange motive, Goddess ! could compel A well-bred lord t'assault a gentle belle ? O say what stranger cause, yet unexplor'd, Could make a gentle belle reject... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...amorous canses springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing — This verse to Caryl, Muse ! is due : This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to...inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange motive,fgoddess ! could compel A well-bred lord to' assault a gentle belle ? O say what stranger cause,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing — This verse to Caryl, Muse ! is doe : This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view : Slight...inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange mot ivc,fgoddess ! conld compel A well-hred lord to' assault a gentle belle ? O say what stranger cause,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...verse to Caryl, Muse! is due: This ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view : Slight is the subject, but uot so the praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays....lord t' assault a gentle belle O say what stranger oause, yet unexplor'd, Could make a gentle belle reject a lord ? I'i tasks so. bold, can little men... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing— this verse to Caryl, Muse! is due: This ev'h Belinda may vouchsafe to view : Slight is the subject,...praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays. Say wliat strange motive, goddess! could compel A well-bred lord t' assault a gentle belle? O say what... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 pages
...amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing — this verse to Caryl, Muse ! is due: This ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to...unexplor'd, Could make a gentle belle reject a lord ) In tasks so bold can little men engage ? And in soft bosoms dwells such mighty rage ? Sol through... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing— this verse to Caryl, us praiseIf she inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange motive, goddess! could compel A well-bred... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing— >this verse to Caryl, Muse ! is due : This ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to...unexplor'd, Could make a gentle belle reject a lord ? In tasks so bold, can little men engage ? And in soft bosoms dwells such mighty rage ? Sol through... | |
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