The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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... nature honest , by experience wise , Healthy by temp'rance and by exercise , A His life , though long , to sickness pass'd unknown : His death was instant , and without a groan . The education of our great author was attended with ...
... nature honest , by experience wise , Healthy by temp'rance and by exercise , A His life , though long , to sickness pass'd unknown : His death was instant , and without a groan . The education of our great author was attended with ...
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... nature , and yours is doubly safe ; I will , if any shame there be , take it all to myself , and indeed 1 ought , the motion being first mine , and never heartily approved by you . " Of all our poet's writings , none were read with more ...
... nature , and yours is doubly safe ; I will , if any shame there be , take it all to myself , and indeed 1 ought , the motion being first mine , and never heartily approved by you . " Of all our poet's writings , none were read with more ...
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... Nature paints the purple year ? STREPHON . Sing then , and Damon shall attend the strain , While yon slow oxen turn the furrow'd plain . Here the bright crocus and blue violet glow , Here western winds on breathing roses blow . I'll ...
... Nature paints the purple year ? STREPHON . Sing then , and Damon shall attend the strain , While yon slow oxen turn the furrow'd plain . Here the bright crocus and blue violet glow , Here western winds on breathing roses blow . I'll ...
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... Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills I ...
... Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills I ...
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... Nature change , let heaven and earth deplore ; Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear ...
... Nature change , let heaven and earth deplore ; Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear ...
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