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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... the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor marrying discord in a noble wife ; Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good man walk'd innoxious through his age : No courts he saw , no suits would ever try.
... the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor marrying discord in a noble wife ; Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good man walk'd innoxious through his age : No courts he saw , no suits would ever try.
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... rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad falchion in a plough - share end . Then palaces shall rise ; the joyful son3 Shall finish what his short - lived sire begun ; Their vines a shadow to their race ...
... rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad falchion in a plough - share end . Then palaces shall rise ; the joyful son3 Shall finish what his short - lived sire begun ; Their vines a shadow to their race ...
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... rage , Surrey , the Granville of a former age : Matchless his pen , victorious was his lance , Bold in the lists , and graceful in the dance ; In the same shades the Cupids tuned his lyre , To the same notes of love and soft desire ...
... rage , Surrey , the Granville of a former age : Matchless his pen , victorious was his lance , Bold in the lists , and graceful in the dance ; In the same shades the Cupids tuned his lyre , To the same notes of love and soft desire ...
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... rage . But when our country's cause provokes to arms , How martial music every bosom warms ! So when the first bold vessel dared the seas , High on the stern the Thracian raised his strain , While Argo saw her kindred trees Descend from ...
... rage . But when our country's cause provokes to arms , How martial music every bosom warms ! So when the first bold vessel dared the seas , High on the stern the Thracian raised his strain , While Argo saw her kindred trees Descend from ...
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... rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease , And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve , And antedate the bliss above . This the divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confined the sound , When the ...
... rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease , And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve , And antedate the bliss above . This the divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confined the sound , When the ...
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