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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... fair . Not so Atrides ; he with kingly pride , Repulsed the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T ' accept the ransom , and release the fair ...
... fair . Not so Atrides ; he with kingly pride , Repulsed the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T ' accept the ransom , and release the fair ...
Page 47
... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . DAPHNIS . O Love ! for Sylvia let me gain the prize ...
... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . DAPHNIS . O Love ! for Sylvia let me gain the prize ...
Page 49
... 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'd on her bier ...
... 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'd on her bier ...
Page 53
... fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top forsook for Windsor shade ; ' Here was she seen o'er airy wastes to rove , Seek the clear spring , or haunt the pathless grove ...
... fair light , and empress of the main . Here , too , ' tis sung , of old , Diana stray'd , And Cynthus ' top forsook for Windsor shade ; ' Here was she seen o'er airy wastes to rove , Seek the clear spring , or haunt the pathless grove ...
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... Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heavenly Mira now . Oh , wouldst thou sing what heroes Windsor bore , What kings first breathed upon her winding shore ! Or raise old warriors , whose adored ...
... Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heavenly Mira now . Oh , wouldst thou sing what heroes Windsor bore , What kings first breathed upon her winding shore ! Or raise old warriors , whose adored ...
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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