The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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Alexander Pope. PASTORALS . SPRING . THE FIRST PASTORAL , OR DAMON . To Sir William Trumbull . FIRST in these fields I try the sylvan strains , Nor blush to sport on Windsor's blissful plains : Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred ...
Alexander Pope. PASTORALS . SPRING . THE FIRST PASTORAL , OR DAMON . To Sir William Trumbull . FIRST in these fields I try the sylvan strains , Nor blush to sport on Windsor's blissful plains : Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred ...
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... spring ? Why sit we sad , when Phosphor shines so clear , And lavish nature paints the purple year . STREPHON . Sing then , and Damon shall attend the strain , While yon slow oxen turn the furrow'd plain . Here the bright crocus and ...
... spring ? Why sit we sad , when Phosphor shines so clear , And lavish nature paints the purple year . STREPHON . Sing then , and Damon shall attend the strain , While yon slow oxen turn the furrow'd plain . Here the bright crocus and ...
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... spring , The skies to brighten , and the birds to sing . DAPHNIS . All nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair , The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd nature ...
... spring , The skies to brighten , and the birds to sing . DAPHNIS . All nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair , The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd nature ...
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Alexander Pope. Ev'n spring displeases , when she shines not here ; But , bless'd with her , ' tis spring throughout ... springs , to which the lily yields : And then a nobler prize I will resign ; For Sylvia , charming Sylvia , shall be ...
Alexander Pope. Ev'n spring displeases , when she shines not here ; But , bless'd with her , ' tis spring throughout ... springs , to which the lily yields : And then a nobler prize I will resign ; For Sylvia , charming Sylvia , shall be ...
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... spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery glass ; But since those graces please thy eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks ...
... spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery glass ; But since those graces please thy eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks ...
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