The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... winds on breathing roses blow . I'll stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines ...
... winds on breathing roses blow . I'll stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines ...
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... winds shall waft it to the powers above . But would you sing , and rival Orpheus strain , The wondering forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the powerful call , And headlong streams hang listening in their fall ...
... winds shall waft it to the powers above . But would you sing , and rival Orpheus strain , The wondering forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the powerful call , And headlong streams hang listening in their fall ...
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... , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! To Delia's ear the tender notes convey . As some sad turtle his lost love deplores , And with deep murmurs fills the sounding shores ; Thus , far from Delia , to the winds I 14 PASTORALS .
... , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! To Delia's ear the tender notes convey . As some sad turtle his lost love deplores , And with deep murmurs fills the sounding shores ; Thus , far from Delia , to the winds I 14 PASTORALS .
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... winds to breathe , the waving woods to move , And streams to murmur , ere I cease to love . Not bubbling fountains to the thirsty swain , Not balmy sleep to labourers faint with pain , Not showers to larks , or sun - shine to the bee ...
... winds to breathe , the waving woods to move , And streams to murmur , ere I cease to love . Not bubbling fountains to the thirsty swain , Not balmy sleep to labourers faint with pain , Not showers to larks , or sun - shine to the bee ...
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... winds , and trees , and floods , her death deplore , Daphne our grief , our glory now no more ! But see ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high , Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal beauties grace the shining scene ...
... winds , and trees , and floods , her death deplore , Daphne our grief , our glory now no more ! But see ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high , Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal beauties grace the shining scene ...
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