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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... vain . ally published , he collected his former works The other circumstances of their quarrel were ( 1717 ) into one quarto volume , to which he pre- thus related by Pope . * fixed a Preface , written with great sprightliness ...
... vain . ally published , he collected his former works The other circumstances of their quarrel were ( 1717 ) into one quarto volume , to which he pre- thus related by Pope . * fixed a Preface , written with great sprightliness ...
Page 56
... vain your guiltless laurels stood Unspotted long with human blood . War , horrid war , your thoughtful walks invades , And steel now glitters in the muses ' shades . Antistrophe 1 . Oh heaven - born sisters ! source of art ! Who charm ...
... vain your guiltless laurels stood Unspotted long with human blood . War , horrid war , your thoughtful walks invades , And steel now glitters in the muses ' shades . Antistrophe 1 . Oh heaven - born sisters ! source of art ! Who charm ...
Page 68
... vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane :) With earnest eyes , and round unthinking face , He first the snuff - box open'd , then the case , And thus broke out : - My Lord , why , what the devil ? Z - ds ! damn the lock : ' fore ...
... vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane :) With earnest eyes , and round unthinking face , He first the snuff - box open'd , then the case , And thus broke out : - My Lord , why , what the devil ? Z - ds ! damn the lock : ' fore ...
Page 69
... vain their pretty eyes may roll ; Charms strike the sight , but merit wins the soul . ' So spoke the dame , but no applause ensued : Belinda frown'd , Thalestris call'd her prude . " To arms , to arms ! ' the fierce virago cries , And ...
... vain their pretty eyes may roll ; Charms strike the sight , but merit wins the soul . ' So spoke the dame , but no applause ensued : Belinda frown'd , Thalestris call'd her prude . " To arms , to arms ! ' the fierce virago cries , And ...
Page 72
... vain he loved : relentless Pyrrha scorn'd : But when from hence he plunged into the main , Deucalion scorn'd , and Pyrrha loved in vain . Haste , Sappho , haste , from high Leucadia throw | Thy wretched weight , nor dread the deeps ...
... vain he loved : relentless Pyrrha scorn'd : But when from hence he plunged into the main , Deucalion scorn'd , and Pyrrha loved in vain . Haste , Sappho , haste , from high Leucadia throw | Thy wretched weight , nor dread the deeps ...
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