The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations ( s ) at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ...
... courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations ( s ) at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ...
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... court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom the muse inspires , Whom humbler joys of home - felt quiet please , Successive study ...
... court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom the muse inspires , Whom humbler joys of home - felt quiet please , Successive study ...
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... court . Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in phrase , mere moderns in their sense ; Such labour'd nothings , in so strange a style , Amaze th ' unlearn'd , and make the learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosa in the ...
... court . Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in phrase , mere moderns in their sense ; Such labour'd nothings , in so strange a style , Amaze th ' unlearn'd , and make the learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosa in the ...
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... court ; In various talk th ' instructive hours they past , Who gave the ball , or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of a British queen , And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions , looks , and eyes ...
... court ; In various talk th ' instructive hours they past , Who gave the ball , or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of a British queen , And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions , looks , and eyes ...
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... Court these eyes had never seen ! Yet am not I the first mistaken maid By love of courts to numerous ills betray'd . Oh had I rather unadmir'd remain'd In some lone isle , or distant northern land ; Where the gilt chariot never marks ...
... Court these eyes had never seen ! Yet am not I the first mistaken maid By love of courts to numerous ills betray'd . Oh had I rather unadmir'd remain'd In some lone isle , or distant northern land ; Where the gilt chariot never marks ...
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