The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... thou canst not cure . Ye shady beeches , and ye cooling streams , Defence from Phœbus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn ; nor to the deaf I sing , The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my ...
... thou canst not cure . Ye shady beeches , and ye cooling streams , Defence from Phœbus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn ; nor to the deaf I sing , The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my ...
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... Thou , whom the Nine with Plautus ' wit inspire , The art of Terence and Menander's fire ; Whose sense instructs us , and whose humour charms , Whose judgement sways us , and whose spirit warms ! Oh , skill'd in nature ! see the hearts ...
... Thou , whom the Nine with Plautus ' wit inspire , The art of Terence and Menander's fire ; Whose sense instructs us , and whose humour charms , Whose judgement sways us , and whose spirit warms ! Oh , skill'd in nature ! see the hearts ...
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... Thou wert from Etna's burning entrails torn , Got by fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born ! Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Farewel , ye woods , adieu the light of day ! One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains ...
... Thou wert from Etna's burning entrails torn , Got by fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born ! Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Farewel , ye woods , adieu the light of day ! One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains ...
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Alexander Pope. Delight no more --- O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times , the bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive , a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's ( a ) root behold a branch ...
Alexander Pope. Delight no more --- O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times , the bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive , a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's ( a ) root behold a branch ...
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... thou sing what heroes Windsor bore , What kings first breath'd upon her winding shore , Or raise old warriors , whose ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page , Stretch his ...
... thou sing what heroes Windsor bore , What kings first breath'd upon her winding shore , Or raise old warriors , whose ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page , Stretch his ...
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