The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... happy time ; which , by giving us an esteem for the virtues of a former age , might recommend them to the present . And since the life of shepherds was attended with more tranquil- lity than any other rural employment , the poets choose ...
... happy time ; which , by giving us an esteem for the virtues of a former age , might recommend them to the present . And since the life of shepherds was attended with more tranquil- lity than any other rural employment , the poets choose ...
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... happy fields The thistle springs , to which the lily yields : And then a nobler prize I will resign ; For Sylvia , charming Sylvia , shall be thine . DAMON . Cease to contend ; for , Daphnis , I decree , The bowl to Strephon , and the ...
... happy fields The thistle springs , to which the lily yields : And then a nobler prize I will resign ; For Sylvia , charming Sylvia , shall be thine . DAMON . Cease to contend ; for , Daphnis , I decree , The bowl to Strephon , and the ...
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... Happy the man whom this bright 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 ...
... Happy the man whom this bright 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 ...
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... happy souls who dwell In yellow meads of asphodel , Or aramanthine bowers ; By the hero's armed shades , Glittering through the gloomy glades ; By the youths that died for love , Wandering in the myrtle grove , Restore , restore ...
... happy souls who dwell In yellow meads of asphodel , Or aramanthine bowers ; By the hero's armed shades , Glittering through the gloomy glades ; By the youths that died for love , Wandering in the myrtle grove , Restore , restore ...
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... HAPPY the man , whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound , Content to breathe his native air , In his own ground . Whose herds with milk , whose fields with bread , Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield ...
... HAPPY the man , whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound , Content to breathe his native air , In his own ground . Whose herds with milk , whose fields with bread , Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield ...
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