The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... side only of a shepherd's life , and in con- cealing its miseries . Nor is it enough to introduce shepherds discoursing together in a natural way ; but a regard must be had to the subject , that it contain some particular beauty in ...
... side only of a shepherd's life , and in con- cealing its miseries . Nor is it enough to introduce shepherds discoursing together in a natural way ; but a regard must be had to the subject , that it contain some particular beauty in ...
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... now blushing on the mountain's side ,. Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus reply'd : DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on every bloomy spray , With joyous music wake the dawning day ! " Why sit we mute , when early linnets sing ,
... now blushing on the mountain's side ,. Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus reply'd : DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on every bloomy spray , With joyous music wake the dawning day ! " Why sit we mute , when early linnets sing ,
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... side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations ( s ) at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd with prostrate kings , And heap'd with products of ...
... side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations ( s ) at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd with prostrate kings , And heap'd with products of ...
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... side , Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide . Behold ! Augusta's glittering spires increase , And temples rise , the beauteous works of peace . I see , I see , where two fair cities bend Their ample bow , a new Whitehall ascend ...
... side , Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide . Behold ! Augusta's glittering spires increase , And temples rise , the beauteous works of peace . I see , I see , where two fair cities bend Their ample bow , a new Whitehall ascend ...
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... side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , There are who judge still worse than he can write . Some have at first for wits , then poets , past ; Turn'd critics next , and prov'd plain fools at last . Some neither can for wits nor ...
... side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , There are who judge still worse than he can write . Some have at first for wits , then poets , past ; Turn'd critics next , and prov'd plain fools at last . Some neither can for wits nor ...
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