The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... divine , Al - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and but ...
... divine , Al - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and but ...
Page 74
... divine came mended from that tongue . From lips like those what precept fail'd to move ? Too soon they taught me ' twas no sin to love : Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and ...
... divine came mended from that tongue . From lips like those what precept fail'd to move ? Too soon they taught me ' twas no sin to love : Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and ...
Page 75
... divine perfumes ; For her the spouse prepares the bridal ring ; For her white virgins hymenaals sing ; To sounds of heavenly harps she dies away , And melts in visions of eternal day . Far other dreams my erring soul employ , Far other ...
... divine perfumes ; For her the spouse prepares the bridal ring ; For her white virgins hymenaals sing ; To sounds of heavenly harps she dies away , And melts in visions of eternal day . Far other dreams my erring soul employ , Far other ...
Page 83
... divine With secret vows , to favour his design . But to my tale : Some sages have defined , Pleasure the sovereign bliss of human - kind : Our knight ( who studied much , we may suppose ,, Derived his high philosophy from those ! For ...
... divine With secret vows , to favour his design . But to my tale : Some sages have defined , Pleasure the sovereign bliss of human - kind : Our knight ( who studied much , we may suppose ,, Derived his high philosophy from those ! For ...
Page 94
... divine , Great Jove and Phœbus graced his noble line : Heaven had not crown'd his wishes with a son , But two fair daughters heir'd his state and throne . To him Apollo ( wondrous to relate ! And on thy altars sacrifices lay ; The sable ...
... divine , Great Jove and Phœbus graced his noble line : Heaven had not crown'd his wishes with a son , But two fair daughters heir'd his state and throne . To him Apollo ( wondrous to relate ! And on thy altars sacrifices lay ; The sable ...
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