The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... shades you tune the lyre : So when the nightingale to rest removes , The thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all th ' aƫrial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks ...
... shades you tune the lyre : So when the nightingale to rest removes , The thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all th ' aƫrial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks ...
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... shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines ... shades , eludes her eager swain ; 1 But feigns a laugh , to see me search -B 2 PASTORALS .
... shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines ... shades , eludes her eager swain ; 1 But feigns a laugh , to see me search -B 2 PASTORALS .
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... shades delight the matchless maid , Cynthus and Hybla yield to Windsor - shade . STREPHON . All nature mourns , the skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and clos'd the drooping flowers ; If Delia smile , the flowers begin to ...
... shades delight the matchless maid , Cynthus and Hybla yield to Windsor - shade . STREPHON . All nature mourns , the skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and clos'd the drooping flowers ; If Delia smile , the flowers begin to ...
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... ( he seeks no better name ) Led forth his flocks along the silver Thame , Where dancing sun - beams on the waters play'd , And verdant alders form'd a quivering shade . Soft as he mourn'd , the streams forgot to flow PASTORALS . 11.
... ( he seeks no better name ) Led forth his flocks along the silver Thame , Where dancing sun - beams on the waters play'd , And verdant alders form'd a quivering shade . Soft as he mourn'd , the streams forgot to flow PASTORALS . 11.
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... shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly bowers ; When weary reapers quit the sultry field , And crown'd with corn their thanks to Ceres yield . This harmless grove no ...
... shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly bowers ; When weary reapers quit the sultry field , And crown'd with corn their thanks to Ceres yield . This harmless grove no ...
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