 | Rachel Hunter - 1803 - 260 strani
...more solemn than any in this world, to adhere to the poet's honest and laudable deprecation : • " Curst be the Verse, how well soe'er it flow, " That tends to make one worthy man my foe 5 " Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear, " Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear!" BAC&EL HUNTER.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 strani
...makes. 280 Poor guiltless I ! and can I chuse but smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style .' Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That...man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 285 v Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlesss neighbour's peace, Insults... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 strani
...themselves they are, To you they will be valiant by despair. DnJ. Curst be ths verse, how well soe «r it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe...Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the isfi-ey'A virgin steal a tear. Pofe. it. Mild ; gentle ; kind ; not severe. Would my heart were flint,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 strani
...his death. The Duchess of Queensberry would not have so betrayed her poetical friend Gay. 24. Curs'd be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends...a fear, Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear !* M. DESPREAUX s'applaudissoit fort a 1'age de soixante & onze ans, de n'avoir rien mis dans ses vers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 strani
...of the fentiments, which Pope did not always, I fear, remember : Curd be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a tear ! The mufical flow of the paflage,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 strani
...vein of poetry, if made at the expence of Truth and Innocence : " Curd he the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe : Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin (leal a tear." Sentiments, which no effort... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 strani
...of the fentiments, which Pope did not always, I fear, remember : Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a tear ! The mufical flow of the paflage,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 strani
...280 Poor guiltless I ! and can I chuse but smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style ? Curst he the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to...man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 285 Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless Ineifihbour's peace, Insults... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 strani
...choose but smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style I Curst he tl,e verse, how well soe'er it How, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a tear, Or from the sonVey'd virgin steal a tear ! Bat he who hurts a harmless neighhour's peace, Insults... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 strani
...makes. 280 Poor guiltless I ! and can I chuse but smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style ? Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one wortby man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 283 But he who hurts a harmless neighbor's... | |
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Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe... 
