...prefers, no doubt, A rogue with venison to a saint without. POPE. The tables in fair order spread ; Yiands of various kinds allure the taste, Of choicest sort and savour ; rich repast ! POPE. To feastful mirth be this white hour assigrrd, And sweet discourse, the banquet of the mind....

...With carpeta spread; a footstool at my feet. The golden ewer a nymph obsequious brings, Repleuish'd from the cool translucent springs; With copious water...wash'd. The table in fair order spread, They heap the glitt'ring canisters with bread; Viands of various kinds allure the taste, Of choicest sort and savour,...

...tied, Swear, in thy soul no latent frauds remain, Swear by the vow which never can be vain. * * * * The table in fair order spread, They heap the glittering...various kinds allure the taste, Of choicest sort and savor, rich repast! Circe in vain invites the least to share; Absent I ponder, and absorb'd in care;...

...relate, If haply conscious, of his father's fate. The golden ewer a maid obsequious brings, Replenished from the cool translucent springs ; With copious water...bright vase supplies, A silver laver of capacious size : They wash. The tables in fair order spread, They heap the glittering canisters with bread : Viands...

...men are led into mistakes, placing these verses in the poet all together — They wash ; the tables in fair order spread, They heap the glittering canisters with bread, Viands ol various kinds allure the taste, Of choicest sort and savour ; rich repast.i For if the housekeeper...

...rendering of the first book of the Odyssey : ' The golden ew'ra maid obsequious brings, Replenished from the cool, translucent springs; With copious water...bright vase supplies A silver laver of capacious size.' (Pope, Odyssey, Book I, 1, 179-182.) This is of course a cheap veneer, a patent and obtrusive falsity....