The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON EDMUND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 If modest youth , with cool reflection crown'd , And every ...
... mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON EDMUND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 If modest youth , with cool reflection crown'd , And every ...
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... mortal passion still , Might change Olympus for a nobler hill . Happy the man whom this bright court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom ...
... mortal passion still , Might change Olympus for a nobler hill . Happy the man whom this bright court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom ...
Page 57
... mortal frame : Trembling , hoping , lingering , flying- Oh the pain , the bliss of dying ! Cease , fond Nature , cease thy strife , And let me languish into life . Hark ! they whisper : angels say , Sister spirit , come away . What is ...
... mortal frame : Trembling , hoping , lingering , flying- Oh the pain , the bliss of dying ! Cease , fond Nature , cease thy strife , And let me languish into life . Hark ! they whisper : angels say , Sister spirit , come away . What is ...
Page 63
... mortal may enjoy the most intimate familiarities with these gentle spirits , upon a condition very easy to all true adepts — an inviolate preservation of chas- tity . As to the following cantos , all the passages of them 730 are as ...
... mortal may enjoy the most intimate familiarities with these gentle spirits , upon a condition very easy to all true adepts — an inviolate preservation of chas- tity . As to the following cantos , all the passages of them 730 are as ...
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... mortal laws , with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please . What guards the purity of melting maids , In courtly balls , and midnight masquerades , Safe from the treacherous friend , the daring spark , The glance by day ...
... mortal laws , with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please . What guards the purity of melting maids , In courtly balls , and midnight masquerades , Safe from the treacherous friend , the daring spark , The glance by day ...
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