The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... Sire defy'd , And for the King's offence the people dy'd With the product of this subscription , which he had too much discretion to squander , he secured his future life from want , by considerable annuities . For Chryses sought , with ...
... Sire defy'd , And for the King's offence the people dy'd With the product of this subscription , which he had too much discretion to squander , he secured his future life from want , by considerable annuities . For Chryses sought , with ...
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... Sire , and thus reply'a He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T'accept the ransom , and release the fair , Revere the priest and speak the joint assent , Not so the tyrant , he ...
... Sire , and thus reply'a He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T'accept the ransom , and release the fair , Revere the priest and speak the joint assent , Not so the tyrant , he ...
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... sire against the son his arrows drew , O'er the wide fields the furious mother flew , And while her arms a second hope contain , Sprung from the rocks , and plunged into the main . But wave whate'er to Cadmus may belong , And fix , O ...
... sire against the son his arrows drew , O'er the wide fields the furious mother flew , And while her arms a second hope contain , Sprung from the rocks , and plunged into the main . But wave whate'er to Cadmus may belong , And fix , O ...
Page 91
... 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 banish'd Cadmus , wandering o'er the main , For lost ...
... 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 banish'd Cadmus , wandering o'er the main , For lost ...
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... sire Appear , and for their Dryope inquire ; A springing tree for Dryope they find , And print warm kisses on the panting rind ; Prostrate , with tears their kindred plant bedew , And close embrace as to the roots they grew . The face ...
... sire Appear , and for their Dryope inquire ; A springing tree for Dryope they find , And print warm kisses on the panting rind ; Prostrate , with tears their kindred plant bedew , And close embrace as to the roots they grew . The face ...
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