 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - 468 pages
...smooth, Uniterm, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. " Of genius,—that power which constitutes a poet;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, 15 rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Drydcn's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. den. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ; that... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet, that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. .Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet ;... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe and levelled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. 9. Of genius, — that power which constitutes a poet... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope's is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. 5. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet,... | |
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Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden's page is a natural field, rising into inequalities and diversified... 
