The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power ...
... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power ...
Page 49
... 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'd on her bier ...
... 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'd on her bier ...
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... fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top forsook for Windsor shade ; Here was she seen o'er airy wastes to rove , Seek the clear spring , or haunt the pathless grove ...
... fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top forsook for Windsor shade ; Here was she seen o'er airy wastes to rove , Seek the clear spring , or haunt the pathless grove ...
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... Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heavenly Mira now . Oh , wouldst thou sing what heroes Windsor bore , What kings first breathed upon her winding shore ! Or raise old warriors , whose adored ...
... Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heavenly Mira now . Oh , wouldst thou sing what heroes Windsor bore , What kings first breathed upon her winding shore ! Or raise old warriors , whose adored ...
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... fair body thus the informing soul With spirit feeds , with vigour fills the whole , Each motion guides , and every nerve sustains ; Itself unseen , but in the effects remains . Be Homer's works your study and delight , Read them by day ...
... fair body thus the informing soul With spirit feeds , with vigour fills the whole , Each motion guides , and every nerve sustains ; Itself unseen , but in the effects remains . Be Homer's works your study and delight , Read them by day ...
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