The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... things inanimate ; by beautiful digressions , but those short ; sometimes by insisting a little on circumstances ; and , lastly , by elegant turns on the words , which render the numbers extremely sweet and pleasing . As for the numbers ...
... things inanimate ; by beautiful digressions , but those short ; sometimes by insisting a little on circumstances ; and , lastly , by elegant turns on the words , which render the numbers extremely sweet and pleasing . As for the numbers ...
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... things flourish where you turn your eyes . Oh ! how I long with you to pass my days , Invoke the muses , and resound your praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in every grove , And winds shall waft it to the powers above . But ...
... things flourish where you turn your eyes . Oh ! how I long with you to pass my days , Invoke the muses , and resound your praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in every grove , And winds shall waft it to the powers above . But ...
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... things yield returns but lovÄ— ; Resound , ye bills , resound my mournful lay ! The shepherds cry , Thy flocks are left a prey . ' Ah ! what avails it me the flocks to keep , Who lost my heart while I preserv'd my sheep ? Pan came , and ...
... things yield returns but lovÄ— ; Resound , ye bills , resound my mournful lay ! The shepherds cry , Thy flocks are left a prey . ' Ah ! what avails it me the flocks to keep , Who lost my heart while I preserv'd my sheep ? Pan came , and ...
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... things listen , while thy muse complains ! Such silence waits on Philomela's strains , In some still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed ...
... things listen , while thy muse complains ! Such silence waits on Philomela's strains , In some still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed ...
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... things differ , all agree . Here waving groves a chequer'd scene display , And part admit , and part exclude the day ; As some coy nymph her lover's warm address Nor quite indulges , nor can quite repress . There , interpers'd in lawns ...
... things differ , all agree . Here waving groves a chequer'd scene display , And part admit , and part exclude the day ; As some coy nymph her lover's warm address Nor quite indulges , nor can quite repress . There , interpers'd in lawns ...
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