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Page 277
And now his heart Distends with pride , and hard'ning in his strength Glories ; for never , since created man , Met such embodied force as named with these Could merit more than that small infantry Warred on by cranes : though all the ...
And now his heart Distends with pride , and hard'ning in his strength Glories ; for never , since created man , Met such embodied force as named with these Could merit more than that small infantry Warred on by cranes : though all the ...
Page 477
... the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is PRIDE , the never - failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied , She gives in large recruits of needless pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls we find 477 ALEXANDER POPE.
... the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is PRIDE , the never - failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied , She gives in large recruits of needless pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls we find 477 ALEXANDER POPE.
Page 549
With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass ...
With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass ...
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Contents
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
GEORGE CHAPMAN 15601634 | 54 |
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| Title | The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Spencer to Crabbe Oxford Paperbacks Volume 1 of The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry, Oxford library of English poetry |
| Author | Oxford library of English poetry |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192827987, 9780192827982 |
| Length | 659 pages |
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