Volume 1

The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In six volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements ... printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton / [Alexander Pope].

  • Alexander Pope
Date:
1787-1788
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Credit: The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In six volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements ... printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton / [Alexander Pope]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EPILOGUE- Dtal. If. F. Then why fo few commended ? P. Kot fo fierce ; Find you the Virtue, and I’ll find the Verfe. 105 But random Praife—the tafic can ne’er be done : Each Mother aflcs it for her booby Son, Each Widow alks it for the Bejl of Men, For him flie weeps, for him ftie weds agen. Praife cannot ftoop, like Satire, to the ground : 110 The Number may be hang’d,. but not be crown’d. Enough for half the Greateft of thefe days,. To ’fcape my Cenfure, not expedl my Praife, Are they not rich ? what more can they pretend ? Dare they to hope a Poet for their Friend ? 11^- What Richlieu wanted, Louis fcarce could gain. And what young Ammon wifh’d, but wilh’d in vain. No Pow’r the Mufe’s Friendfhip can command ; No Pow’r, when Virtue claims it, can withftand ; To Cato, Virgil pay’d one honeft line; X20 0 let my Country’s Friends illumine mine 1 —What are you thinking? F. Faith the thought’s no fin, 1 think your Friends are out, and would be in. P. If merely to come in. Sir, they go out. The way they take is ftrangely round about. 12 j F. They too may be corrupted, you’ll allow? P. I only call thofe Knaves who are fb'now. Is that too little? Come them, I’ll comply— Spirit of Arnall! aid me while I lie.- ^ Cobham’s a Coward, Polwart is a Slave, 130 And Lyttelton a dark, defigning Knave, St. John has ever been a wealthy Fool But let me add. Sir Robert’s mighty dull, » Ver. 129. Sfirit of Arnall!'] Look for him in his place, Dune. B. ii. vcr. 315. Yee. 130. Pohuarth] The Hon. Hugh Hume, Son of Alcx- anJer Earl of Marchmont, Grandfon of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, .And diftinguillicd, like them, in the caufc of Liberty.