When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose Whose sons shall blush their fathers were thy foes, Shall then this verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend,— That urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art From sounds to things,... Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq;: Faithfully ... - Página 369por William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1852 - 874 páginas
...verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend f That, urg'd by thee, I tum'd then my walk ; And on, methought, alone I pass'd through ways That brought false mirror held up Nature's light; Show'd erring Pride, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT ; That reason, passion,... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 páginas
...future age pretend, Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend ? 380 That, urged by thee, I turned the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart ; For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light, Showed erring Pride, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT ; That reason, passion,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 páginas
...then this verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend ? 390 That, urged by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art, From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart cs In the MS. thus :— " And now transported o'er so vast a plain, While the wing'd courser flies... | |
| Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 páginas
...and partake the Gale ? And shall this verse to future age pretend Thou wert my Guide, Philosopher, and Friend ? That, urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful...Sounds to Things, from Fancy to the Heart; For Wit's false Mirror held up Nature's Light; Shew'd erring Pride, Whatever is, is Right. Pope continued his... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1901 - 120 páginas
...then this verse to future age pretend 390 Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend ? That, urged by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart ; For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light ; Show'd erring pride, Whatever is, is right ; 3-.I5 That Reason,... | |
| E. J. Mathew - 1901 - 556 páginas
...verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher and friend ? That, urged by thee, I turned the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart ; For wit's false mirror held up nature's light ; Shewed erring pride Whatever is, is right ; That reason, passion,... | |
| William John Courthope - 1901 - 474 páginas
...to Locke, and from Locke to Bolingbroke and Hume. That is the meaning of Pope's boast that he Turned the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart. And that, too, explains why, by an inevitable inward movement, Pope's genius changed from romantic... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 páginas
...to future age pretend ' Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend ? That, urged by thee, I turned the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart ; For wit's false mirror held up nature's light ; Showed erring pride, whatever is, is right ? That reason, passion,... | |
| Sister Mary Lambertine - 1903 - 318 páginas
...verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher and friend? That, urged by thee, I turned the tuneful art, From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart; For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light; Showed erring pride, whatever is, is right; That reason, passion,... | |
| 1904 - 698 páginas
...verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend ! That, urged by thee, I turned the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart : For wit's false mirror held up Nature's light; Showed erring pride, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT. ALEXANDER POPE. A... | |
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