The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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... plains : Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , toe wise for pride , too good for ...
... plains : Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , toe wise for pride , too good for ...
Page 40
... plain . Here the bright crocus and blue violet glow , Here western winds on breathing roses blow . I'll stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where ...
... plain . Here the bright crocus and blue violet glow , Here western winds on breathing roses blow . I'll stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where ...
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... plain , Then , hid in shades , eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh , to see me search around , And by that ... plains , at noon the shady grove , But Delia always ; absent from her sight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon ...
... plain , Then , hid in shades , eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh , to see me search around , And by that ... plains , at noon the shady grove , But Delia always ; absent from her sight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon ...
Page 43
... plains , While in thy heart eternal winter reigns . Where stray ye , muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides ...
... plains , While in thy heart eternal winter reigns . Where stray ye , muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides ...
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... plains . From shepherds , flocks , and plains , I may remove , Forsake mankind , and all the world but love ; I know thee , Love ! on foreign mountains bred ; Wolves gave thee suck , and savage tigers fed : Thou wert from Etna's burning ...
... plains . From shepherds , flocks , and plains , I may remove , Forsake mankind , and all the world but love ; I know thee , Love ! on foreign mountains bred ; Wolves gave thee suck , and savage tigers fed : Thou wert from Etna's burning ...
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