The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... earth , the venerable man , Suppliant before the brother kings began . He sued to all , but chief implor'd for grace , The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : To those who have skill to estimate the excel- lence and difficulty of ...
... earth , the venerable man , Suppliant before the brother kings began . He sued to all , but chief implor'd for grace , The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : To those who have skill to estimate the excel- lence and difficulty of ...
Page xi
... 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 boast we know ) Oh ! say what heroes , fired by thirst ...
... 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 boast we know ) Oh ! say what heroes , fired by thirst ...
Page xxxviii
... earth removed , At length enjoys that liberty he loved . In this epitaph , as in many others , there appears , at the first view , a fault which I think scarcely any beauty can compensate . The name is omitted . The end of an epitaph is ...
... earth removed , At length enjoys that liberty he loved . In this epitaph , as in many others , there appears , at the first view , a fault which I think scarcely any beauty can compensate . The name is omitted . The end of an epitaph is ...
Page 49
... earth deplore , Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' ' Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter ...
... earth deplore , Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' ' Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter ...
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... earth in peace , with the virtues of his father . ' Isaiah , ch vii . ver . 14. - Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son . Chap . ix . ver 6 , 7. - Unto us a Child is born ; unto us a Son is given ; the Prince of Peace : of the ...
... earth in peace , with the virtues of his father . ' Isaiah , ch vii . ver . 14. - Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son . Chap . ix . ver 6 , 7. - Unto us a Child is born ; unto us a Son is given ; the Prince of Peace : of the ...
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