The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires , And savage howlings fill the sacred quires . Aw'd by his nobles , by his commons curst , Th ' oppressor ...
... Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires , And savage howlings fill the sacred quires . Aw'd by his nobles , by his commons curst , Th ' oppressor ...
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... round his urn . Here o'er the martyr - king the marble weeps , And , fast beside him , once - fear'd Edward sleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The grave unites ; where ev'n ...
... round his urn . Here o'er the martyr - king the marble weeps , And , fast beside him , once - fear'd Edward sleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The grave unites ; where ev'n ...
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... round the frozen pole ; Or under southern skies exalt their sails , Led by new stars , and borne by spicy gales ! For me the balm shall bleed , and amber flow , The coral redden , and the ruby glow , The pearly shell its lucid globe ...
... round the frozen pole ; Or under southern skies exalt their sails , Led by new stars , and borne by spicy gales ! For me the balm shall bleed , and amber flow , The coral redden , and the ruby glow , The pearly shell its lucid globe ...
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... round , And men grew heroes at the sound , Inflam'd with glory's charms : Each chief his sevenfold shield display'd , And half unsheath'd the shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! But ...
... round , And men grew heroes at the sound , Inflam'd with glory's charms : Each chief his sevenfold shield display'd , And half unsheath'd the shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! But ...
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... round their heads . By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er the elysian flowers ; By those happy souls who dwell In yellow meads of asphodel , Or aramanthine bowers ; By the hero's armed shades , Glittering ...
... round their heads . By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er the elysian flowers ; By those happy souls who dwell In yellow meads of asphodel , Or aramanthine bowers ; By the hero's armed shades , Glittering ...
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