 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 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...nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise : FormM by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with spirit,... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - English language - 1857 - 362 pages
...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 Poe"tique:"— " Heureux qui, dans ses vers,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 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... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1858 - 264 pages
...must be instructive, free from verbiage, and diversified in style.' 11. tristi, jocoso. " Formed (by thy converse) happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe." Pope, Essay on Man, Ep. iv. (ad finem). 12. modo rhetoris... interdnm urbani. These seem to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 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 - 1860 - 60 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 - 1860 - 632 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...nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Fotm'd by thy converse, happily ;o steer From grave to gay. from lively to severe; 330 Correct wilh... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...Genius, come along ; 0 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...nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise ; Fomi'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...! come along ; Oh, master of the poet and the song 1 And while the muse 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 converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 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,... | |
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