The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... look green in song ; These , were my 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 ...
... look green in song ; These , were my 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 ...
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... quivering shade , Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead , The patient fisher takes his silent stand , Intent , his angle trembling in his hand ; With looks unmov'd , he hopes the scaly breed , 30 WINDSOR - FOREST .
... quivering shade , Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead , The patient fisher takes his silent stand , Intent , his angle trembling in his hand ; With looks unmov'd , he hopes the scaly breed , 30 WINDSOR - FOREST .
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Alexander Pope. With looks unmov'd , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending , reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - ey'd perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining ...
Alexander Pope. With looks unmov'd , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending , reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - ey'd perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining ...
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... looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such was the life great Scipio once admir'd , Thus C 2 WINDSOR ...
... looks on heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such was the life great Scipio once admir'd , Thus C 2 WINDSOR ...
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... look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgement in their mind : Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . } But as the slightest sketch , if justly trac❜d ...
... look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgement in their mind : Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . } But as the slightest sketch , if justly trac❜d ...
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