The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volumes 1-2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 pages |
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... charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all the aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks shook off the nightly dews , Two swains , whom love kept wakeful , and the muse , Pour'd o'er the whitening vale their ...
... charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all the aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks shook off the nightly dews , Two swains , whom love kept wakeful , and the muse , Pour'd o'er the whitening vale their ...
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... charm no more STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon the shady grove , But Delia always ; absent from her sight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon delight . DAPHNIS . Sylvia's like ...
... charm no more STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon the shady grove , But Delia always ; absent from her sight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon delight . DAPHNIS . Sylvia's like ...
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... charms Whose judgment sways us , and whose spirit warms Oh ! skill'd in nature ! see the hearts of swains Their artless passions , and their tender pains . Now setting Phoebus shone serenely bright , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with ...
... charms Whose judgment sways us , and whose spirit warms Oh ! skill'd in nature ! see the hearts of swains Their artless passions , and their tender pains . Now setting Phoebus shone serenely bright , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with ...
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... 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 . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie ; With her they flourish'd , and ...
... 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 . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie ; With her they flourish'd , and ...
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... charm the unfolding car : The dumb shall sing , the lame his crutch forego , And leap exulting , like the bounding roe . No sigh , no murmur , the wide world shall hear ; 45 From every face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine5 ...
... charm the unfolding car : The dumb shall sing , the lame his crutch forego , And leap exulting , like the bounding roe . No sigh , no murmur , the wide world shall hear ; 45 From every face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine5 ...
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