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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Page 42
... soft retreat from sudden vernal showers : The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd , While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around For see ! the gathering flocks to shelter tend , And from the Pleiads fruitful showers descend ...
... soft retreat from sudden vernal showers : The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd , While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around For see ! the gathering flocks to shelter tend , And from the Pleiads fruitful showers descend ...
Page 48
... soft fleeces lie , The moon , serene in glory , mounts the sky , While silent birds forget their tuneful lays , O sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty ...
... soft fleeces lie , The moon , serene in glory , mounts the sky , While silent birds forget their tuneful lays , O sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty ...
Page 51
... soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick3 and weak the healing plant shall aid , 15 From storm a shelter , and from heat a shade . ( 1 ) Isa . xi . ver 1. ( 2 ) Ch . xlv . ver . 8. ( 3 ) Ch . xxv Ver . 4 . All crimes shall cease ...
... soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick3 and weak the healing plant shall aid , 15 From storm a shelter , and from heat a shade . ( 1 ) Isa . xi . ver 1. ( 2 ) Ch . xlv . ver . 8. ( 3 ) Ch . xxv Ver . 4 . All crimes shall cease ...
Page 56
... Soft showers distill'd , and suns grew warm in vain The swain with tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ...
... Soft showers distill'd , and suns grew warm in vain The swain with tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ...
Page 60
... soft silver stream dissolved away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the helpless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she ranged before . In her chaste ...
... soft silver stream dissolved away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the helpless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she ranged before . In her chaste ...
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