Copy 1, Volume 3

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.

  • Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Date:
1824
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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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    Behold! Augusta’s glitt’ring spires increase, And Temples rise, the beauteous works of Peace. I see, I see, where two fair cities bend Their ample bow, a new Whitehall ascend! 380 There mighty Nations shall inquire their doom, | The World’s great Oracle in times to come ; There Kings shall sue, and suppliant States be seen Once more to bend before a British QUEEN. Thy trees, fair Windsor! now shall leave their woods, 385 And half thy forests rush into thy floods. NOTES. Ver. 378. And Temples rise,| The fifty new Churches. _P. Ver. 380. a@ new Whitehall] ‘‘ Several plates of the intended palace of Whitehall have been given, but, I believe, from no finished design of Inigo Jones. The four great sheets are evi- dently made up from general hints, nor could such a source of in- vention and taste, as the mind of Inigo, ever produce so much sameness. The strange kind of cherubims on the towers at the end are preposterous ornaments, and whether of Inigo or not, bear no relation to the rest. The great towers in the front are too near, and evidently borrowed from what he had seen in Gothic, not in Roman buildings. The circular court is a picturesque thought, but without meaning or utility.” Walpole. Ver. 385. Thy trees, fair Windsor !| This return to the trees of Windsor Forest, his original subject, is masterly and judicious ; and the whole speech of Thames is highly animated and poetical, forcible and rich in diction, as it is copious and noble in imagery. Bowles. VARIATIONS. Ver. 385. &c. were originally thus, Now shall our fleets the bloody Cross display To the rich regions of the rising day. Or those green isles, where headlong Titan steeps His hissing axle in th’ Atlantic deeps: Tempt icy seas, &c. P.