The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... God a dire infection spread , And heap'd the camp with millions of the dead : The King of Men the Sacred Sire defy'd ... Gods your arms with conquest bless , And Troy's proud wall lie level with the ground Till laid And crown your ...
... God a dire infection spread , And heap'd the camp with millions of the dead : The King of Men the Sacred Sire defy'd ... Gods your arms with conquest bless , And Troy's proud wall lie level with the ground Till laid And crown your ...
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... gods assembled grace his towering height . Than what more humble mountains offer here , Where , in their blessings , all those gods appear . See Pan with flocks , with fruits Pomona crown'd , Here blushing Flora paints the enamell'd ...
... gods assembled grace his towering height . Than what more humble mountains offer here , Where , in their blessings , all those gods appear . See Pan with flocks , with fruits Pomona crown'd , Here blushing Flora paints the enamell'd ...
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... gods approve ; The gods and Brutus bend to love : Brutus for absent Porcia sighs , And sterner Cassius melts at Junia's eyes . What is loose love ? a transient gust , Spent in a sudden storm of lust ; A vapour fed from wild desire ; A ...
... gods approve ; The gods and Brutus bend to love : Brutus for absent Porcia sighs , And sterner Cassius melts at Junia's eyes . What is loose love ? a transient gust , Spent in a sudden storm of lust ; A vapour fed from wild desire ; A ...
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... Gods ! how his eyes with threatening ardour glow ! The savage hunter , and the haunted wood ? Can this imperious lord forget to reign , Quit all his state , descend , and serve again ? Yet who , before , more popularly bow'd ? Who more ...
... Gods ! how his eyes with threatening ardour glow ! The savage hunter , and the haunted wood ? Can this imperious lord forget to reign , Quit all his state , descend , and serve again ? Yet who , before , more popularly bow'd ? Who more ...
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... god of God . In pride , in reasoning pride , our error lies , All quit the sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels ...
... god of God . In pride , in reasoning pride , our error lies , All quit the sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels ...
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