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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... youth , sacrificing the very learning pur- chased by the public money to a mean thirst of power ; that he was sent abroad to encourage litera- ture , in place of which he had always endeavoured to suppress merit . At last the contest ...
... youth , sacrificing the very learning pur- chased by the public money to a mean thirst of power ; that he was sent abroad to encourage litera- ture , in place of which he had always endeavoured to suppress merit . At last the contest ...
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... youth ferments your blood , And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the gameful woods beset , Wind the shrill horn , or spread the waving net . When milder autumn summer's heat succeeds , And in the new ...
... youth ferments your blood , And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the gameful woods beset , Wind the shrill horn , or spread the waving net . When milder autumn summer's heat succeeds , And in the new ...
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... youth rush eager to the sylvan war , Swarm o'er the lawns , the forest walks surround , Reuse the fleet hart , and cheer the opening hound The impatient courser pants in every vein , And , pawing , seems to beat the distant plain ...
... youth rush eager to the sylvan war , Swarm o'er the lawns , the forest walks surround , Reuse the fleet hart , and cheer the opening hound The impatient courser pants in every vein , And , pawing , seems to beat the distant plain ...
Page 65
... youths and painted chiefs admire Our speech , our colour , and our strange attire ! Oh , stretch thy reign , fair peace ! from shore to shore , Till conquest cease , and slavery be no more ; Till the freed Indians in their native groves ...
... youths and painted chiefs admire Our speech , our colour , and our strange attire ! Oh , stretch thy reign , fair peace ! from shore to shore , Till conquest cease , and slavery be no more ; Till the freed Indians in their native groves ...
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... youths that died for love , Wandering in the myrtle grove , Restore , restore Eurydice to life : Oh take the husband , or return the wife ! He sung , and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer , Stern Proserpine relented , And gave ...
... youths that died for love , Wandering in the myrtle grove , Restore , restore Eurydice to life : Oh take the husband , or return the wife ! He sung , and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer , Stern Proserpine relented , And gave ...
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