 You show us, Rome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous buildings once were things of use. Yet shall (my lord) your just, your noble rules Fill half the land with imitating fools, Who random drawings from your sheets shall take, And of one beauty many...  The Works of Alexander Pope: Poetry - Page 523by Alexander Pope - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pages
...profufe, And pompous buildings once were things of Ufe. Yet fhall (my Lord) your juft, your noble rules 25 Fill half the land with Imitating- Fools ; Who random drawings from your fheets fhall take, And of one beauty many blunders make ; VARIATIONs. After ^ 22, in the MS. Mull Bifhops,... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...And pompous buildings once were things of use ; Yet shall, my Lord, your just, your noble rules, 25 Fill half the land with imitating fools, Who random...with old theatric state, Turn arcs of triumph to a garden gate ; 30 Reverse your ornaments, and hang them all On some patch'd dog-hole, ek'd with ends... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...profufe/* And pompous buildings once were things of ufe. Yet fhall (my lord) your juft, your noble rules 25 Fill half the land with imitating fools ; , . Who random drawings from your fheets fhall take. And of one beauty many blunders make ; Loadfome vain church with old theatric ftate,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 pages
...profufe, And pompous buildings once were things of Ufe. Yet mall (my Lord) your juft, your noble rules 25 Fill half the land with imitating Fools ; Who random drawings from your meets fhall take, And of one beauty many blunders make ; Load fome vain Church with old Theatric ftate,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...profufe, And pompous buildings once were things of Ufe. Yet fhall {my Lord) your juft, your noble rules, Fill half the land with imitating Fools ; Who random drawings from your meets mall take. And of one beauty many blunders make ; Load fome vain Church with old Theatric ftate,"... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...And pompous- buildings once were things of Ufe. Yet (tall (my Lord) your juft, your noble rules 25 Fill half the land with imitating Fools ; Who random drawings from your meets (hall take, And of one beauty many blunders make; Load fome vain Church with old Theatric ftate,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...profufe, And pompous buildings once were things of Ufe. Yet mail (my Lord) your juft, your noble rules 25 Fill half the land with imitating Fools ; Who random drawings from your meets fhall take, And of one beauty many blunders make ; Loadfome vain Church with old Theatric ftate,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pages
...proftife, And pompous buildings once were things of ufe. Vet fhall (my lord ) your juft, your noble rules Fill half the land with imitating fools; Who random drawings from your fhcets (hall take, And of one beauty many blunders make ; Load fome vain church with old Theatric {late,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...And pompous buildings once were things of use ; Yet shall, my Lord, your just, your noble, rules 2J Fill half the land with imitating fools, Who random...with old theatric state, Turn arcs of triumph to a garden gate ; 30 Reverse your ornaments, and hang them all On some patch'd doghole ek'd with ends or... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...profufe, And pompous buildings once were things of Ufe. Yet (hall (my Lord) your juft, your noble rules 15 Fill half the land with imitating Fools; Who random drawings from your meets fhall take, And of one beauty many blunders make ; Load fome vain Church with old Theatric fíate,... | |
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