 | John Daniel Morell - 1885
...lines — which are only a few out of thousands like them : Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings 1 Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? Man cares...interest prompts him to provide, For more his pleasure, for yet more his pride. And so it goes on, see-saw, long half up, short half down. Hazlitt says " Pope... | |
 | 1887 - 536 pages
...for all. Grant that the powerful still the weak control ; Be Man the wit and tyrant of the whole : noes. Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove I Admires... | |
 | Reference - 1889 - 899 pages
...ever eye so fearless, Or wing so strong as this of mine. t. LOWELL— The Falcon. Will the f.ilcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage,...the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Pnilomela sings? u. POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. III. Line 53. A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker, Whitwell Elwin, William John Courthope - Literary Criticism - 1871
...for all.' Grant that the powerful still the weak control ; Be man the wit,' and tyrant of the whole : Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows,* And helps, another creature's wants and woes.11 Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying5 plumage, spare the dove ?... | |
 | ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD - 1893
...all. Grant that the pow'rful still the weak controul ; Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the whole4: 50 Nature that Tyrant checks ; he only knows, And helps,...the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? 55 Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings? 1 One all-extending, all-presenting Sottl\ Which, in the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Literary Criticism - 1893 - 505 pages
...; - ' , Be Man the Wit .and Tyrant of the whole4:_ £•" ' 50 Nature that Tyrant checTcT-~Tie~bnIy knows, . /•-•!•'• • And helps, another creature's...the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? 55 Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings? 1 One all-extending, all-preserving Soul\ Which, in the... | |
 | 1896 - 1178 pages
...pine ; No bird had ever eye so fearless, Or wing so strong as this of mine. r. LOWELL — The Falcon. 2. *. POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. III. L. 53. BIRDS— FA"LCON. BIRDS— HUMMING-BIRD. 47 A falcon, tow'ring... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Poetry - 1896 - 772 pages
...she cut the sky, Instant invisible to mortal eye : Then first he recognized th' ethereal guest. POPE. Will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her...gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings? POPE. The dullest brain, if gently stirr'd, Perhaps may waken to a humming-bird ; The most recluse,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1898 - 110 pages
...all. Grant that the powerful still the weak control ; Be Man the wit and tyrant of the whole : 5 o Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows, And helps,...above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? 1 Cf. Dryden's Palamon and Arcite, III. line 1030, and Homer's Iliad, Bryant's translation, VIII. lines... | |
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Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows, And helps, another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela... 
