The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeBernh. Tauchnitz Jun, 1848 - 305 pages |
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... passion of love ; and he afterwards coquetted with Lady Mary Wortley Mon- tague , and formed a connexion , somewhat between the pla- tonic and the amorous , with Miss Martha Blount , whose name occurs frequently in the following pages ...
... passion of love ; and he afterwards coquetted with Lady Mary Wortley Mon- tague , and formed a connexion , somewhat between the pla- tonic and the amorous , with Miss Martha Blount , whose name occurs frequently in the following pages ...
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... passion , but that short and flowing : the expression humble , yet as pure as the language will afford ; neat , but not florid ; easy , and yet lively . In short , the fable , manners , thoughts , and expressions , are full of the ...
... passion , but that short and flowing : the expression humble , yet as pure as the language will afford ; neat , but not florid ; easy , and yet lively . In short , the fable , manners , thoughts , and expressions , are full of the ...
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... passions proper to each age . But after all , if they have any merit , it is to be attributed to some good old authors , whose works as I had leisure to study , so , I hope , I have not wanted care to imitate . PASTORALS . SPRING . THE ...
... passions proper to each age . But after all , if they have any merit , it is to be attributed to some good old authors , whose works as I had leisure to study , so , I hope , I have not wanted care to imitate . PASTORALS . SPRING . THE ...
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... passions , and their tender pains . Now setting Phœbus shone serenely bright , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan . Go ...
... passions , and their tender pains . Now setting Phœbus shone serenely bright , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan . Go ...
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... passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds , and trees , and floods , her death deplore . Daphne our grief , our glory now no more ! But see ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high , Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal ...
... passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds , and trees , and floods , her death deplore . Daphne our grief , our glory now no more ! But see ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high , Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient beauty behold bless bless'd bliss blush breast breath bright Cæsar charms courser cried crown'd Cynthus DAPHNIS dear death e'en e'er earth ease eclogue ELOISA TO ABELARD EPISTLE eternal Eurydice eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flowers fool gentle glory Gnome gold grace groves happy heart Heaven honour kings knave learn'd learning live lord Lord Bolingbroke lyre maid mankind mind mortal mourn muse nature ne'er night numbers nymph o'er once pain pass'd passion pastoral plain pleased pleasure poets Pope praise pride proud rage reason rise rules sacred Sappho Semichorus sense shade shine sighs sing skies smiling soft soul swell Sylphs tears Thalestris thee Theocritus thine thou thought trees trembling Umbriel Virgil virgin virtue Westminster Abbey wife William Trumbull winds wise youth