The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... thine , Go , and exalt thy mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant on his doom , Pensive has follow'd to the silent tomb , Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore , Not parted long , and now to part no more ! Go ...
... thine , Go , and exalt thy mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant on his doom , Pensive has follow'd to the silent tomb , Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore , Not parted long , and now to part no more ! Go ...
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... thine . DAMON . Cease to contend ; for , Daphnis , I decree , The bowl to Strephon , and the lamb to thee . Blest swains , whose nymphs in every grace excel ,. Blest. nymphs. ,. whose. swains. those. graces. sing. so. well. Now rise and ...
... thine . DAMON . Cease to contend ; for , Daphnis , I decree , The bowl to Strephon , and the lamb to thee . Blest swains , whose nymphs in every grace excel ,. Blest. nymphs. ,. whose. swains. those. graces. sing. so. well. Now rise and ...
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... thine eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks the morning dew ; Ah , wretched shepherd ! what avails thy art , To cure thy lambs , but not to ...
... thine eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks the morning dew ; Ah , wretched shepherd ! what avails thy art , To cure thy lambs , but not to ...
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... thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , 105 60 Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word , his saving power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts , thy own Messiah reigns ! 65 The swain in barren ...
... thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , 105 60 Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word , his saving power remains ; Thy realm for ever lasts , thy own Messiah reigns ! 65 The swain in barren ...
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... thine he gives . No seas so rich , so gay no banks appear , No lake so gentle , and no spring so clear . Nor Po so swells the fabling poet's lays , While led along the skies his current strays , As thine , which visits Windsor's famed ...
... thine he gives . No seas so rich , so gay no banks appear , No lake so gentle , and no spring so clear . Nor Po so swells the fabling poet's lays , While led along the skies his current strays , As thine , which visits Windsor's famed ...
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