Copy 1, Volume 6

The works of Alexander Pope, esq. with notes and illustrations by himself and others. To which are added a new life of the author, an estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks / by William Roscoe. Esq.

  • Alexander Pope
Date:
1824
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The works of Alexander Pope, esq. with notes and illustrations by himself and others. To which are added a new life of the author, an estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks / by William Roscoe. Esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Or shoots he folly as it flies ? Or catches manners as they rise?” Or urged by unquench’d native heat, Does St. John Greenwich sports repeat? 10 Where (emulous of Chartres’ fame) Even Chartres’ self is scarce a name. To you (the all-envied gift of heaven) The indulgent gods, unask’d, have given A form complete in every part, 15 And, to enjoy that gift, the art. What could a tender mother’s care Wish better, to her favourite heir, Than wit, and fame, and lucky hours, A stock of health, and golden showers, 20 And graceful fluency of speech, Precepts before unknown to teach ? Amidst thy various ebbs of fear, And gleaming hope, and black despair, NOTES. Ver. 10. Does St. John Greenwich, &c.] « An tacitam silvas inter reptare salubres ?” Ver. 13. To you, &c.] “ Di tibi formam, Di tibi divitias dederant, artemque fruendi.” Ver. 17. What could, &c. “ Quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno, Quam sapere, et fari posset quze sentiat, et cul Gratia, fama, valetudo contingat abunde, — non deficiente crumena 2” Ver. 23. Amidst, &c.] “ Inter spem, curamque, timores inter et iras.”