 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
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 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 dignity, with temper rise ; Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...to no sect, whe takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God. Line 379. Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Line 385. Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 336 pages
...Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." The following sample, also from the " Essay on Man,"— " Form'd by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe," is adopted from a couplet in Boileau's " Art Poetique :"— " Heureux qui, dans ses vers,... | |
 | Cay Ludwig Georg Conrad baron von Brockdorff - 1924 - 196 pages
...diese, wie er selbst sagt, ihm von Bolingbroke suggerierte Lehre in folgende Verse: „Teach me, liike thee, in various nature wise To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Form'd by thy conserve, happijly to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe." 124 Zwei Prinzipien, so lehrt... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 pages
...song ! And while the muse now stoops, or now ascends, To mini's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temiwr rise ; Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct... | |
 | Alexander Frederick Bruce Clark - 1925 - 570 pages
...qui, de sang altere, Maitre du monde entier s'y trouvait trop serre? J Finally, lines 379-380 : Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe, are imitated from Boileau's Art poetique, I, 75-76 : Heureux qui, dans ses vers, sait d'une... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 310 pages
...song! 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; 380 Intent to reason, or polite to please. Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded... | |
 | 1896 - 736 pages
...threadbare platitudes." The Poet. " I will vouch for the glorification of the talker in poetry : — Form'd by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe, advised Pope, and Milton testifies, With thee conversing I forget all time. The Artist. "Still... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1859 - 854 pages
...deposition of a small fee, will be able, after future successes, to address him : " We are now able, Formed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe." For the Baron H has the honour to announce, through the French papers, that he is now in Paris,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...song! 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; 380 Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please. Oh! while... | |
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