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Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. - Divine Poems--Divine Love (canto III, l. 25) [Love] Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. - Divine Poems--Works (p. 316), (ed. 1729) [World] Virtue's stronger guard than brass. - Epigram Upon the Golden Medal (l. 14) [Virtue] So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould. - Epistle to Mr. Killegrew [Authorship] Circle are praised, not that abound In largeness, but the exactly round. - Long and Short Life [Circles] In other things the knowing artist may Judge better than the people; but a play, (Made for delight, and for no other use) If you approve it not, has no excuse. - Maid's Tragedy (prologue) [Acting] Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. - Miscellanies, upon the Earl of Roscommon's translation of Horace "Ars Poetica", l. 41 [Poets] All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings. - Miscellanies (I, l. 163) [Worth] His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught. - Of Divine Love (canto III, l. 41) [Christ] Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene. - Of Tea [Tea] And keeps that palace of the soul serene. - Of Tea (l. 9) [Soul] The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends. - Of the Danger His Majesty Escaped (l. 68) [Creation] Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly Of sad distrust and jealousy. - Of the Marriage of the Dwarfs (l. 7) [Matrimony] The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. - Of the Queen [Larks] The yielding marble of her snowy breast. - On a Lady Passing Through A Crowd of People [Beauty] Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode. - On a War with Spain [England : Possession] The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more! - On Divine Poems (l. 7) [Passion] In such green palaces the first kings reign'd, Slept in their shades, and angels entertain'd; With such old counsellors they did advise, And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise. - On St. James' Park (l. 71) [Trees] So all we know of what they do above Is that they happy are, and that they love. - On the Death of Lady Rich [Heaven] Give us enough but with a sparing hand. - Reflections [Moderation] Go, lovely Rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows. When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. - The Rose [Roses] That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. - To a Lady Singing a Song of his Composing (ep. XIV) [Eagles : Proverbs] Soft words, with nothing in them, make a song. - To Mr. Creech (l. 10) [Songs] The rising sun complies with our weak sight, First gilds the clouds, then shows his globe of light At such a distance from our eyes, as though He knew what harm his hasty beams would do. - To the King upon His Majesty's Happy Return (l. 1) [Sunrise] The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. - Verses upon his Divine Poesy [Mind : Time] Displaying page 2 of 3 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3
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