The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... land ; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way , Where none learn ombre , none ere taste bohea ! There kept my charms conceal'd from mortal eye , Like roses , that in deserts bloom and die . What moved my mind with youthful lords to ...
... land ; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way , Where none learn ombre , none ere taste bohea ! There kept my charms conceal'd from mortal eye , Like roses , that in deserts bloom and die . What moved my mind with youthful lords to ...
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... land , On which three wives successively had twined A sliding noose , and waver'd in the wind . " Where grows this plant , ' replied the friend , ' oh where ? For better fruit did never orchard bear : Give me some slip of this most ...
... land , On which three wives successively had twined A sliding noose , and waver'd in the wind . " Where grows this plant , ' replied the friend , ' oh where ? For better fruit did never orchard bear : Give me some slip of this most ...
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... land , Where exil'd tyrants still by turns command . Thou sire of gods and men , imperial Jove ! Is this the eternal doom decreed above ? On thy own offspring hast thou fix'd this fate , From the first birth of our unhappy state ; When ...
... land , Where exil'd tyrants still by turns command . Thou sire of gods and men , imperial Jove ! Is this the eternal doom decreed above ? On thy own offspring hast thou fix'd this fate , From the first birth of our unhappy state ; When ...
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... land , And , seized with horror , in the shades of night , Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight . Now ... lands resort To Adrastus ' realms , and hospitable court ; The king surveys his guests with curious eyes , And views ...
... land , And , seized with horror , in the shades of night , Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight . Now ... lands resort To Adrastus ' realms , and hospitable court ; The king surveys his guests with curious eyes , And views ...
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... drudge , Without a second , or without a judge : Truths would you teach , or save a sinking land ' All fear , none aid you , and few understand 260 Painful pre - eminence ! yourself to view Above life's 10 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
... drudge , Without a second , or without a judge : Truths would you teach , or save a sinking land ' All fear , none aid you , and few understand 260 Painful pre - eminence ! yourself to view Above life's 10 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
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