The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd , While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around . For see ! the gathering flocks to shelter tend , And from the Pleiads fruitful showers descend ...
... soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd , While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around . For see ! the gathering flocks to shelter tend , And from the Pleiads fruitful showers descend ...
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Alexander Pope. Soft as he mourn'd , the streams forgot to flow , The flocks around a dumb compassion show , The Naiads wept in every watery bower , And Jove consented in a silent shower . Accept , O Garth , the muse's early lays , That ...
Alexander Pope. Soft as he mourn'd , the streams forgot to flow , The flocks around a dumb compassion show , The Naiads wept in every watery bower , And Jove consented in a silent shower . Accept , O Garth , the muse's early lays , That ...
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... soft fleeces lie , The moon , serene in glory , mounts the sky , While silent birds forget their tuneful lays ; O sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty ...
... soft fleeces lie , The moon , serene in glory , mounts the sky , While silent birds forget their tuneful lays ; O sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty ...
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... soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick ( c ) and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storm a shelter , and from heat a shade . All crimes shall cease , and ancient frauds shall fail ; Returning justice ( d ) lift aloft her ...
... soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick ( c ) and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storm a shelter , and from heat a shade . All crimes shall cease , and ancient frauds shall fail ; Returning justice ( d ) lift aloft her ...
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... Soft showers distill'd , and suns grew warm in vain ; The swain with tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ...
... Soft showers distill'd , and suns grew warm in vain ; The swain with tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ...
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