An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 pages |
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... the memory of POPE , I re- spect and honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profeffion . In other words , in that fpecies of poetry wherein A VOL . I. POPE POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : TO THE.
... the memory of POPE , I re- spect and honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profeffion . In other words , in that fpecies of poetry wherein A VOL . I. POPE POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : TO THE.
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... POETRY ? It is remark- able , that Dryden says of Donne , " He was the greatest wit , though not the greatest poet , of this nation . Fontenelle and La Motte are en- titled to the former character ; but what can they urge to gain the ...
... POETRY ? It is remark- able , that Dryden says of Donne , " He was the greatest wit , though not the greatest poet , of this nation . Fontenelle and La Motte are en- titled to the former character ; but what can they urge to gain the ...
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... Poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble Ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of Men and Women , and your fprightly Satires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Alle- gro and Il ...
... Poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble Ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of Men and Women , and your fprightly Satires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Alle- gro and Il ...
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... POET MERELY on their account . NON SATIS EST PURIS VERSUM PERSCRIBERE VERBIS . It is amazing this matter should ever have been mistaken , when Horace has taken par- ticular and repeated pains to fettle and adjust the opinion in queftion ...
... POET MERELY on their account . NON SATIS EST PURIS VERSUM PERSCRIBERE VERBIS . It is amazing this matter should ever have been mistaken , when Horace has taken par- ticular and repeated pains to fettle and adjust the opinion in queftion ...
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... poetry . poetry . Here may be num- bered , BUTLER , SWIFT , ROCHESTER , DONNE , DORSET , OLDHAM . In the fourth clafs , the mere verfifiers , however fmooth and melliflu- ous fome of them may be thought , should be difpofed . Such as ...
... poetry . poetry . Here may be num- bered , BUTLER , SWIFT , ROCHESTER , DONNE , DORSET , OLDHAM . In the fourth clafs , the mere verfifiers , however fmooth and melliflu- ous fome of them may be thought , should be difpofed . Such as ...
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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...
Page 36 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 134 - Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th...
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...
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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 219 - water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
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.