The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... tears ; mortality's relief , And , till we share your joys , forgive our grief : These little rites , a stone , a ... tear , And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere . Withers , adieu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial ...
... tears ; mortality's relief , And , till we share your joys , forgive our grief : These little rites , a stone , a ... tear , And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere . Withers , adieu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial ...
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... tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ? Wind the shrill horn , or spread the waving net . When milder ...
... tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ? Wind the shrill horn , or spread the waving net . When milder ...
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... tears she lay , In a soft silver stream dissolved away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the helpless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she ranged before ...
... tears she lay , In a soft silver stream dissolved away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the helpless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she ranged before ...
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... tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on every note expire , And on his willows hung each muse's lyre . Since fate relentless stopp'd their heavenly voice , No more the forests ring , or ...
... tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on every note expire , And on his willows hung each muse's lyre . Since fate relentless stopp'd their heavenly voice , No more the forests ring , or ...
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... tears them from the land Antistrophe 2 . Ye gods ! what justice rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age ...
... tears them from the land Antistrophe 2 . Ye gods ! what justice rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age ...
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