The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1841 - 484 pages |
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... divine , All - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and ...
... divine , All - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and ...
Page 74
... divine came mended from that tongue . From lips like those what precept fail'd to move ? Too soon they taught me ' twas no sin to love : Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and ...
... divine came mended from that tongue . From lips like those what precept fail'd to move ? Too soon they taught me ' twas no sin to love : Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and ...
Page 75
... divine perfumes ; For her the spouse prepares the bridal ring ; For her white virgins hymenæals sing ; To sounds of heavenly harps she dies away , And melts in visions of eternal day . Far other dreams my erring soul employ , Far other ...
... divine perfumes ; For her the spouse prepares the bridal ring ; For her white virgins hymenæals sing ; To sounds of heavenly harps she dies away , And melts in visions of eternal day . Far other dreams my erring soul employ , Far other ...
Page 90
... divine Amphion sung ? Or shall I Juno's hate to Thebes resound , Whose fatal rage the unhappy monarch found ? The sire against the son his arrows drew , O'er the wide fields the furious mother flew , And while her arms a second hope ...
... divine Amphion sung ? Or shall I Juno's hate to Thebes resound , Whose fatal rage the unhappy monarch found ? The sire against the son his arrows drew , O'er the wide fields the furious mother flew , And while her arms a second hope ...
Page 92
... divine abodes ; Heaven seems improved with a superior ray , And the bright arch reflects a double day . The monarch then his solemn silence broke , The still creation listen'd while he spoke ; Each sacred accent bears eternal weight ...
... divine abodes ; Heaven seems improved with a superior ray , And the bright arch reflects a double day . The monarch then his solemn silence broke , The still creation listen'd while he spoke ; Each sacred accent bears eternal weight ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid Menelaus mighty mind monarch mortal night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soft soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth