The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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Page 10
... skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and clos'd the drooping flowers ; If Delia smile , the flowers begin to spring , The skies to brighten , and the birds to sing . DAPHNIS . All nature laughs , the groves are fresh and ...
... skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and clos'd the drooping flowers ; If Delia smile , the flowers begin to spring , The skies to brighten , and the birds to sing . DAPHNIS . All nature laughs , the groves are fresh and ...
Page 15
... , resound my mournful strain ! Of perjur❜d Doris , dying I complain ; Here where the mountains , lessening as they rise , Lose the low vales , and steal into the skies ; 1 While labouring oxen , spent with toil and heat PASTORALS . S is.
... , resound my mournful strain ! Of perjur❜d Doris , dying I complain ; Here where the mountains , lessening as they rise , Lose the low vales , and steal into the skies ; 1 While labouring oxen , spent with toil and heat PASTORALS . S is.
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... approach of night , The skies yet blushing with departed light , When falling dews with spangles deck the glade , And the low sun had lengthen'd every shade . WINTER . THE FOURTH PASTORAL , OR DAPHNE . To 16 PASTORALS .
... approach of night , The skies yet blushing with departed light , When falling dews with spangles deck the glade , And the low sun had lengthen'd every shade . WINTER . THE FOURTH PASTORAL , OR DAPHNE . To 16 PASTORALS .
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... skies , Nor morning odours from the flowers arise ; No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field , Nor fragrant herbs their native incense yield . The balmy zephyrs , silent since her death , Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath ; Th ...
... skies , Nor morning odours from the flowers arise ; No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field , Nor fragrant herbs their native incense yield . The balmy zephyrs , silent since her death , Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath ; Th ...
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... skies : Th ' æthereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye heavens ! ( b ) from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick ( c ) and weak the healing ...
... skies : Th ' æthereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye heavens ! ( b ) from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick ( c ) and weak the healing ...
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