The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... shine through the poem , which so visibly appears in all the works of antiquity ; and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing the connexion should be loose , the narra tions and descriptions short , and the periods ...
... shine through the poem , which so visibly appears in all the works of antiquity ; and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing the connexion should be loose , the narra tions and descriptions short , and the periods ...
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... shine to the bee , Are half so charming as thy sight to me . Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! Come , Delia , come ; ah , why this long delay ! Through rocks and caves the name of Delia sounds ; Delia , each cave and echoing ...
... shine to the bee , Are half so charming as thy sight to me . Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! Come , Delia , come ; ah , why this long delay ! Through rocks and caves the name of Delia sounds ; Delia , each cave and echoing ...
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... shine , And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove ; Just gods ! shall all things yield returns but lovÄ— ; Resound , ye bills , resound my mournful lay ! The shepherds cry , Thy flocks ...
... shine , And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove ; Just gods ! shall all things yield returns but lovÄ— ; Resound , ye bills , resound my mournful lay ! The shepherds cry , Thy flocks ...
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... shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain ? Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows ...
... shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain ? Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows ...
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... shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas ( v ) shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word , his saving power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts , thy own ...
... shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas ( v ) shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word , his saving power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts , thy own ...
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