Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village1814 |
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... seemingly opposite , in passing over terms utterly unintelligible , and in forming , out of all , a temperate , yet not inconsist- ent , and a short , yet not imperfect system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I A 3.
... seemingly opposite , in passing over terms utterly unintelligible , and in forming , out of all , a temperate , yet not inconsist- ent , and a short , yet not imperfect system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I A 3.
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... pass th ' insuperable line ! Without this just gradation , could they be Subjected these to those , or all to thee ? The pow'rs of all subdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy reason all these pow'rs in one ? See thro ' this air , this ocean ...
... pass th ' insuperable line ! Without this just gradation , could they be Subjected these to those , or all to thee ? The pow'rs of all subdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy reason all these pow'rs in one ? See thro ' this air , this ocean ...
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... learn , in its decline , Those joys , those loves , those int'rests to resign : Taught half by reason , half by mere decay , To welcome death , and calmly pass away . C 260 Whate'er the passion , knowledge , fame or pelf , ON MAN . 25.
... learn , in its decline , Those joys , those loves , those int'rests to resign : Taught half by reason , half by mere decay , To welcome death , and calmly pass away . C 260 Whate'er the passion , knowledge , fame or pelf , ON MAN . 25.
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... pass for good . Oh , blind to truth , and God's whole scheme below , Who fancy bliss to vice , to virtue woe ! 100 Who sees and follows that great scheme the best , 95 Best knows the blessing , and will most be blest . But fools the ...
... pass for good . Oh , blind to truth , and God's whole scheme below , Who fancy bliss to vice , to virtue woe ! 100 Who sees and follows that great scheme the best , 95 Best knows the blessing , and will most be blest . But fools the ...
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... passing fast away into un- merited oblivion . Mr. Pinkerton was the first who subjected this poem to the review of criticism . " The " Grave , " he says , " is worth a thousand common << poems . The language is such as Shakspeare would ...
... passing fast away into un- merited oblivion . Mr. Pinkerton was the first who subjected this poem to the review of criticism . " The " Grave , " he says , " is worth a thousand common << poems . The language is such as Shakspeare would ...
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alike Amidst beneath Blair blank verse bless'd blessing blest bliss blood boast breast breath charms climes creature dear death e'en e'er earth ease Elegy EPISTLE EPISTLE II eternal ev'n ev'ry fame fear fix'd flies fool form'd gen'ral giv'n grave hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hope hope and fear human instinct int'rest kings land laws learn'd looks lord luxury man's mankind mind monarch moral nature nature's ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passions plac'd Pleas'd pleasure poem poor pow'r pride proud reason reign rest rich rill rise Robert Blair round Self-love shade shame sire skies slave smiling society soul spread strength swain sweet SWEET AUBURN taught tell thee thine thing thou thro toil Twas tyrant vice village virtue weak wealth Whilst whole wise world unknown wretch yonder
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الصفحة 88 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
الصفحة 19 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
الصفحة 86 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
الصفحة 114 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
الصفحة 18 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
الصفحة 112 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
الصفحة 14 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
الصفحة 115 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
الصفحة 118 - And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
الصفحة 85 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight...