The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... breast the serpent love abides . Here bees from blossoms sip the rosy dew , But your Alexis knows no sweets but you . Oh deign to visit our forsaken seats , The mossy fountains , and the green retreats ! Where'er you walk , cool gales ...
... breast the serpent love abides . Here bees from blossoms sip the rosy dew , But your Alexis knows no sweets but you . Oh deign to visit our forsaken seats , The mossy fountains , and the green retreats ! Where'er you walk , cool gales ...
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... breast inspir'd with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But , as ...
... breast inspir'd with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But , as ...
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... breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet , when moist Arcturus clouds the sky , The woods and fields their pleasing toils deny . To plains with well - breath'd beagles we repair , And trace the mazes of the circling hare ( Beasts , urg'd ...
... breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet , when moist Arcturus clouds the sky , The woods and fields their pleasing toils deny . To plains with well - breath'd beagles we repair , And trace the mazes of the circling hare ( Beasts , urg'd ...
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... small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too low . If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her Ode on St Cecilia's.
... small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too low . If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her Ode on St Cecilia's.
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Alexander Pope. If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her soft , assuasive voice applies ; Or , when the soul is press'd with cares , Exalts her in enlivening airs . Warriors she fires with animated sounds ; Pours balm into the ...
Alexander Pope. If in the breast tumultuous joys arise , Music her soft , assuasive voice applies ; Or , when the soul is press'd with cares , Exalts her in enlivening airs . Warriors she fires with animated sounds ; Pours balm into the ...
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