The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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... trembling breath , Those cheeks now fading at the blast of death ! Lifeless the breast which warm'd the world before ; And those love - darting eyes must roll no more . The conclusion of this elegy is irresistibly affecting So peaceful ...
... trembling breath , Those cheeks now fading at the blast of death ! Lifeless the breast which warm'd the world before ; And those love - darting eyes must roll no more . The conclusion of this elegy is irresistibly affecting So peaceful ...
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... 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 , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world ...
... 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 , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world ...
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... , and tell the vocal shore , Fair Daphne's dead , and music is no more ! Her fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , PASTORALS .
... , and tell the vocal shore , Fair Daphne's dead , and music is no more ! Her fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , PASTORALS .
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To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author Alexander Pope. The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm , appears Swell'd with new passion , and o'erflows with ...
To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author Alexander Pope. The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm , appears Swell'd with new passion , and o'erflows with ...
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... trembles , and the bulrush nods . Waste sandy valleys , 5 once perplex'd with thorn , The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless shrubs the flowery palms succeed , And odorous myrtle to the noisome weed . 75 The lambs with wolves ...
... trembles , and the bulrush nods . Waste sandy valleys , 5 once perplex'd with thorn , The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless shrubs the flowery palms succeed , And odorous myrtle to the noisome weed . 75 The lambs with wolves ...
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