 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 by thy converse, happily to steer, From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with spirit, eloquent with...  The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ... - Page 156by Alexander Pope - 1807Full view - About this book
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1873 - 586 pages
..." ' Teach me like thee, in various natures wise To fall with dignity, with temper rise ; Form'd by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.' " " Pope's appeal to Bolingbroke could be gratified," he answered with a smile ; " and if... | |
 | 1873 - 618 pages
..." ' Teach me like thee, in various natures wise To fall with dignity, with temper rise ; Form'd by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.' " " Pope's appeal to Bolingbroke could be gratified," he answered with a smile ; " and if... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...Genius, come along; O 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...wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise ; Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe; Correct with spirit, eloquent... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 334 pages
...genius ! come along, O 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...wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise : Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with spirit, eloquent... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 pages
...genius! come along ; O master of the poet and the song I Ami while the mnse now stoops, or now ascends, To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach...nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Formed by thy conyerse, happily to steer Prom grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with spirit,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 pages
...of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. 2025 Pope : Prologue to Addison's Cato. Line 21 Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall...happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. 2026 Pope: Essay on Man. Epis. iv. Line 377, What is station high? 'Tis a proud mendicant;... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 pages
...of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. 2025 Popc. : Prologue to Addison's Cato. Line 21 Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise ; Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. 2026 Pope : Essay on Man.... | |
 | Carolyn M. Gerrish, Margaret Cunningham - 1912 - 448 pages
...HOLMES. 2. Teach us like thee, in various temper wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise ; Famed by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. — POPE. 3. Not that I loved Csesar less, but that I loved Rome more. — SHAKESPEARE. The... | |
 | Baroness Elizabeth Craven Craven, Elizabeth Craven - 1914 - 364 pages
...alluded to this, in all probability, when he so elegantly pays this compliment to Lord Bolingbroke : Teach me like thee, in various Nature wise. To fall with Dignity, with Temper rise. There was a kind of monarchical spirit in this great man, which appeared in his minutest actions :... | |
 | Alfred Turner - 1916 - 276 pages
...often quoted, and more often than not quoted wrongly, may be cited as a case in point : — " Form'd by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe." Dryden has it as follows : — " Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light,... | |
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