The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... thee . Blest swains , whose nymphs in every grace excel ; Blest nymphs , whose swains those graces sing so well ! Now rise and haste to yonder woodbine bowers , A soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties ...
... thee . Blest swains , whose nymphs in every grace excel ; Blest nymphs , whose swains those graces sing so well ! Now rise and haste to yonder woodbine bowers , A soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties ...
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... thee . The sultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains , While in thy heart eternal winter reigns . Where stray ye , muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides ...
... thee . The sultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains , While in thy heart eternal winter reigns . Where stray ye , muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides ...
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... thee , Love ! on foreign mountains bred , Wolves gave thee suck , and savage tigers fed , Thou wert from Etna's burning entrails torn , Got by fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born ! Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ...
... thee , Love ! on foreign mountains bred , Wolves gave thee suck , and savage tigers fed , Thou wert from Etna's burning entrails torn , Got by fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born ! Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ...
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... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live ! THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds ...
... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live ! THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds ...
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... thee , whatever reliques of our crimes remain , shall be wiped away , and free the world from perpetual fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his Father . ' Isaiah , ch . vij . ver . 14. ' Behold a Virgin ...
... thee , whatever reliques of our crimes remain , shall be wiped away , and free the world from perpetual fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his Father . ' Isaiah , ch . vij . ver . 14. ' Behold a Virgin ...
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