The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page 44
... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give our own , because they resemble the Ancients , may up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are , indeed , some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I ...
... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give our own , because they resemble the Ancients , may up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are , indeed , some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I ...
Page 56
... fate had fast bound her With Styx nine times round her , Yet music and love were victorious . But soon , too soon the lover turns his eyes : Again she falls , again she dies , she dies ! How wilt thou now the fatal sisters move ? No ...
... fate had fast bound her With Styx nine times round her , Yet music and love were victorious . But soon , too soon the lover turns his eyes : Again she falls , again she dies , she dies ! How wilt thou now the fatal sisters move ? No ...
Page 66
... fate more hard , Gain'd but one trump , and one plebeian card . With his broad sabre next , a chief in years , The hoary majesty of Spades appears , Puts forth one manly leg , to sight reveal'd , The rest his many - colour'd robe ...
... fate more hard , Gain'd but one trump , and one plebeian card . With his broad sabre next , a chief in years , The hoary majesty of Spades appears , Puts forth one manly leg , to sight reveal'd , The rest his many - colour'd robe ...
Page 67
... fate , and with a sigh retired . The peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide , To enclose the lock ; now joins it , to divide . E'en then , before the fatal engine closed , A wretched Sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the ...
... fate , and with a sigh retired . The peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide , To enclose the lock ; now joins it , to divide . E'en then , before the fatal engine closed , A wretched Sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the ...
Page 68
... fate , In mystic visions , now believed too late ! See the poor remnant of these slighted hairs ! My hand shall rend what e'en thy rapine spares . These in two sable ringlets taught to break , Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck ...
... fate , In mystic visions , now believed too late ! See the poor remnant of these slighted hairs ! My hand shall rend what e'en thy rapine spares . These in two sable ringlets taught to break , Once gave new beauties to the snowy neck ...
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