The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... souls of flowers : Now marks the course of rolling orbs on high ; O'er figur'd worlds now travels with his eye ; Of ... soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such ...
... souls of flowers : Now marks the course of rolling orbs on high ; O'er figur'd worlds now travels with his eye ; Of ... soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such ...
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... soul possess , Whose raptures fire me , and whose visions bless , Bear me , O bear me to sequester'd scenes , The bowery mazes , and surrounding greens ; To Thames's banks which fragrant breezes fill , Or where ye , muses , sport on ...
... soul possess , Whose raptures fire me , and whose visions bless , Bear me , O bear me to sequester'd scenes , The bowery mazes , and surrounding greens ; To Thames's banks which fragrant breezes fill , Or where ye , muses , sport on ...
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... souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell , To bright Cecilia greater power is given : His numbers rais'd a shade from hell , Her's lift the soul ...
... souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell , To bright Cecilia greater power is given : His numbers rais'd a shade from hell , Her's lift the soul ...
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... soul , can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! mount ! I fly ! O grave ! where is thy victory ? O death ! where is thy sting ? AN ...
... soul , can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! mount ! I fly ! O grave ! where is thy victory ? O death ! where is thy sting ? AN ...
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... soul while memory prevails , The solid power of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play , The memory's soft figures melt away . One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art , so narrow human wit : Not only ...
... soul while memory prevails , The solid power of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play , The memory's soft figures melt away . One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art , so narrow human wit : Not only ...
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