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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Page xi
... 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 but boast we know ) Oh ! say what heroes , fired by thirst ...
... 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 but boast we know ) Oh ! say what heroes , fired by thirst ...
Page xxxviii
... earth removed , At length enjoys that liberty he loved . Of this couplet , the second line is not , what is intended , an illustration of the former . Pride , in the Great , is indeed well enough connected with knaves in state , though ...
... earth removed , At length enjoys that liberty he loved . Of this couplet , the second line is not , what is intended , an illustration of the former . Pride , in the Great , is indeed well enough connected with knaves in state , though ...
Page 49
... earth deplore , Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter ...
... earth deplore , Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter ...
Page 50
... earth in peace , with the virtues of his father ' ven Isaiah , ch vii ver . 14. - Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son . Chap . ix . ver 6 , 7 - Unto us a Child is born ; unto us a Son is given ; the Prince of Peace : of the ...
... earth in peace , with the virtues of his father ' ven Isaiah , ch vii ver . 14. - Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son . Chap . ix . ver 6 , 7 - Unto us a Child is born ; unto us a Son is given ; the Prince of Peace : of the ...
Page 53
... earth rolls back beneath the flying steed . Let old Arcadia boast her ample plain , The immortal huntress , and her ... earth's fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top ...
... earth rolls back beneath the flying steed . Let old Arcadia boast her ample plain , The immortal huntress , and her ... earth's fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top ...
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