 Come then, my friend ! my genius ! come along ! Oh master of the poet, and the song ! And while the Muse now stoops, or now ascends, To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 117by Alexander Pope - 1804Full view - About this book
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 pages
...And while the Muse now stoops or now ascends, To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Touch me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe, Correct with spirit,... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...temper rise; Form'd by thy converse happily to steer Fjo,m grave to gay, from lively.to severe; 380 Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please. Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and. gathers all its fame. Say, shall... | |
 | 1796 - 504 pages
...tooB) And while the Muse now stoops, or now ascends To man's low passions or their glorious ends s Teach me, like thee, in various Nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise Oh ! while a long the stream of time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...song ! And while the muse now stoops, or now ascends, To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall...with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please. Oh! while along the stream of time thy name . Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame ; Say, shall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...! And while the Muse now stoops, or now ascends, 375 To Man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various Nature wise, To fall...happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; 389 Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please. Oh ! while... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...yourselves unto your tc*feri,fnitien, And without perturbation hear me speak. Ben 'Joutn. Teach me, Uke thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise. Pipt. j. State to which metals arc reduced, particularly as to hardness. Here draw I A sword, whose... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...Muse now stoops, or now ascends, To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like tbee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with...lively to severe; Correct with spirit, eloquent with ca«e, lu lent to reason, or polite to please. Olí '. while along the stream of time thy паше... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...song! And while the Muse now stoops, or now ascends, 373 To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Form'd hy thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe; 380 Correct with spirit,... | |
 | Percival Stockdale - 1807 - 628 pages
...song! And while the muse now stoops, or, now, ascends To man's low passions, or his glorious ends; Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall, with dignity; with temper, rise; Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay; from lively to severe; Correct, with spirit;... | |
 | 1807 - 856 pages
...of C may be described in a couplet which POPE applies to the most brilliant nobleman of his time : Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please. IV e wish that our fair correspondent would turn to a beautiful song of honest MATTHEW PRIOR, and meditate... | |
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