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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... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . 5 15 Delight no more - O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times , the bard begun : A Virgin ...
... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . 5 15 Delight no more - O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times , the bard begun : A Virgin ...
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... thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee : Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall , like those they sung ; Deaf the praised ear , and mute the tuneful ...
... thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee : Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall , like those they sung ; Deaf the praised ear , and mute the tuneful ...
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... thee to the skies , But Mars on thee might look with Venus eyes . O scarce a youth , yet scarce a tender boy ! O useful time for lovers to employ ! Pride of thy age and glory of thy race , Come to these arms , and melt in this embrace ...
... thee to the skies , But Mars on thee might look with Venus eyes . O scarce a youth , yet scarce a tender boy ! O useful time for lovers to employ ! Pride of thy age and glory of thy race , Come to these arms , and melt in this embrace ...
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... thee , The gift , the giver , and the god agree . ' But why , alas ! relentless youth , ah why To distant seas must tender Sappho fly ? Thy charms than those may far more powerful be , And Phoebus ' self is less a god to me . Ah ! canst ...
... thee , The gift , the giver , and the god agree . ' But why , alas ! relentless youth , ah why To distant seas must tender Sappho fly ? Thy charms than those may far more powerful be , And Phoebus ' self is less a god to me . Ah ! canst ...
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... thee of angelic kind , Some emanation of the All - beauteous Mind , Those smiling eyes , attempering every ray , Shone sweetly lambent with celestial day . Guiltless I gazed . Heaven listen'd while you sung , And truths divine came ...
... thee of angelic kind , Some emanation of the All - beauteous Mind , Those smiling eyes , attempering every ray , Shone sweetly lambent with celestial day . Guiltless I gazed . Heaven listen'd while you sung , And truths divine came ...
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