Alexander Pope ( 10 of 261 )
The blest to-day is as completely so,
As who began a thousand years ago.
The blest to-day is as completely so,
As who began a thousand years ago.
Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd.
Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd.
What riches give us let us then inquire:
Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire.
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What riches give us let us then inquire:
Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire.
Is this too little?
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
In cold December fragrant chaplets blow,
And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.
In cold December fragrant chaplets blow,
And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.
See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,
And mounts exulting on triumphant wings:
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See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,
And mounts exulting on triumphant wings:
Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound,
Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.
And solid pudding against empty praise.
And solid pudding against empty praise.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
Accept a miracle; instead of wit,--
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.
Accept a miracle; instead of wit,--
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.
Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
Never dejected while another's blessed.
Never elated while one man's oppress'd;
Never dejected while another's blessed.
