The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power ...
... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power ...
Page 9
... fair signs in beauteous order lie ? DAMON . Then sing by turns , by turns the muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the daisies spring , Now leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound ...
... fair signs in beauteous order lie ? DAMON . Then sing by turns , by turns the muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the daisies spring , Now leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound ...
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... fair is found .. DAPHNIS . The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She runs , but hopes she does not run unseen ; While a kind glance at her pursuer flies , How much at variance are her feet and eyes ! STREPHON . O'er golden sands ...
... fair is found .. DAPHNIS . The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She runs , but hopes she does not run unseen ; While a kind glance at her pursuer flies , How much at variance are her feet and eyes ! STREPHON . O'er golden sands ...
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... Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' ' Tis done , and nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day ? Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier ...
... Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' ' Tis done , and nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day ? Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier ...
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... fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top forsook for Windsor shade ; Here was she seen o'er airy wastes to rove , Seek the clear spring , or haunt the pathless grove ...
... fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top forsook for Windsor shade ; Here was she seen o'er airy wastes to rove , Seek the clear spring , or haunt the pathless grove ...
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