The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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... sacred Eclogue Windsor Forest Page 39 · Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , 1708 Two Chorusses , to the Tragedy of Brutus Ode on Solitude The Dying Christian to his Soul Eloisa to Abelard An Essay on Criticism Rape of the Lock Elegy to the ...
... sacred Eclogue Windsor Forest Page 39 · Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , 1708 Two Chorusses , to the Tragedy of Brutus Ode on Solitude The Dying Christian to his Soul Eloisa to Abelard An Essay on Criticism Rape of the Lock Elegy to the ...
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... 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 power Enjoy the glory to be great no more ...
... 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 power Enjoy the glory to be great no more ...
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... sacred monarchs bears : Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes DAPHNIS . - Nay , tell me first , in what more happy fields The thistle springs , to which the lily yields : And then a ...
... sacred monarchs bears : Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes DAPHNIS . - Nay , tell me first , in what more happy fields The thistle springs , to which the lily yields : And then a ...
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... sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides ? As in the chrystal spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery glass ; But since those graces please thine eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I ...
... sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides ? As in the chrystal spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery glass ; But since those graces please thine eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I ...
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... sacred succours bring ; Hylas ' and Egon's rural lays I sing . Thou , whom the Nine with Plautus ' wit inspire , The art of Terence and Menander's fire ; Whose sense instructs us , and whose humour charms Whose judgment sways us , and ...
... sacred succours bring ; Hylas ' and Egon's rural lays I sing . Thou , whom the Nine with Plautus ' wit inspire , The art of Terence and Menander's fire ; Whose sense instructs us , and whose humour charms Whose judgment sways us , and ...
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