The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... blood , And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood , That , crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn , Now range the hills , the gameful woods beset , Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn . Let India boast her plants , nor envy ...
... blood , And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood , That , crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn , Now range the hills , the gameful woods beset , Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn . Let India boast her plants , nor envy ...
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... blood Red Iber's sands , or Ister's foaming flood : Safe on my shore each unmolested swain Shall tend the flocks , or reap the bearded grain : The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood , but in the sylvan chace : The ...
... blood Red Iber's sands , or Ister's foaming flood : Safe on my shore each unmolested swain Shall tend the flocks , or reap the bearded grain : The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood , but in the sylvan chace : The ...
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... blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense . If once right reason drives that cloud away , Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not ...
... blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense . If once right reason drives that cloud away , Truth breaks upon us with resistless day . Trust not ...
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... blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit but his own . Such late was Walsh , the muse's judge and friend , Who justly knew to blame or to commend ; To failings mild , but zealous for desert ; The ...
... blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit but his own . Such late was Walsh , the muse's judge and friend , Who justly knew to blame or to commend ; To failings mild , but zealous for desert ; The ...
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... blood ; There Ninus shone , who spread the Assyrian fame , Bold Scipio , saviour of the Roman state , And the great founder of the Persian name : There in long robes the royal magi stand , Grave Zoroaster waves the circling wand : The ...
... blood ; There Ninus shone , who spread the Assyrian fame , Bold Scipio , saviour of the Roman state , And the great founder of the Persian name : There in long robes the royal magi stand , Grave Zoroaster waves the circling wand : The ...
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