The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... tree , on which Lady Gower carved these words : ' Here Pope sang . ' During her life the letters were cut new every three or four years , but they have since been suffered to decay . As his poems became circulated , his acquaint- ance ...
... tree , on which Lady Gower carved these words : ' Here Pope sang . ' During her life the letters were cut new every three or four years , but they have since been suffered to decay . As his poems became circulated , his acquaint- ance ...
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... trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phœbus , in my Delia's praise , With Waller's strains , or Granville's moving lays ! A milk - white bull shall at your altars ...
... trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phœbus , in my Delia's praise , With Waller's strains , or Granville's moving lays ! A milk - white bull shall at your altars ...
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... trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here , my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . DAPHNIS . Celestial Venus haunts Idalia's groves ; Diana Cynthus , Ceres Hybla loves : If ...
... trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here , my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . DAPHNIS . Celestial Venus haunts Idalia's groves ; Diana Cynthus , Ceres Hybla loves : If ...
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... tree that sacred monarchs bears : Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay , tell me first , in what more happy fields The thistle springs , to which the lily yields ...
... tree that sacred monarchs bears : Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay , tell me first , in what more happy fields The thistle springs , to which the lily yields ...
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... : Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . But now the reeds shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despis'd by thee . O ! were I made by some transforming power The 12 PASTORALS .
... : Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . But now the reeds shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despis'd by thee . O ! were I made by some transforming power The 12 PASTORALS .
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