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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... light as air , To Agamemnon's royal tent repair ; Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , March all his legions to the dusty plain . Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare even now The lofty walls of wide ...
... light as air , To Agamemnon's royal tent repair ; Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , March all his legions to the dusty plain . Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare even now The lofty walls of wide ...
Page xii
... light ; pure spreads sacred As still in air the trembling lustre stood , And o'er its golden border shoots a flood , When no loose gale disturbs the deep serene , not a breath And no dim cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; not a Around ...
... light ; pure spreads sacred As still in air the trembling lustre stood , And o'er its golden border shoots a flood , When no loose gale disturbs the deep serene , not a breath And no dim cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; not a Around ...
Page xli
... light . Of this epitaph , short as it is , the faults seem not to be very few . Why part should be Latin , and part English , is not easy to discover . In the Latin the opposition of Immortalis and Mortalis , is a mere sound , or a mere ...
... light . Of this epitaph , short as it is , the faults seem not to be very few . Why part should be Latin , and part English , is not easy to discover . In the Latin the opposition of Immortalis and Mortalis , is a mere sound , or a mere ...
Page 49
... light of day ; One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains . No more , ye hills , no more resound my strains . Thus sang the shepherds till the approach of night , The skies yet blushing with departed light , G When falling dews with ...
... light of day ; One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains . No more , ye hills , no more resound my strains . Thus sang the shepherds till the approach of night , The skies yet blushing with departed light , G When falling dews with ...
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... light , imperial Salem , 3 rise ! 40 Exalt thy towery head , and lift thy eyes ! See a long race1 thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life ...
... light , imperial Salem , 3 rise ! 40 Exalt thy towery head , and lift thy eyes ! See a long race1 thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life ...
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