The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJones and Company, 1827 - 424 pages |
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... Greece the fatal spring , Grecian That strew'd with warriors dead the Phrygian plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs , unburied on the naked shore , Devouring ...
... Greece the fatal spring , Grecian That strew'd with warriors dead the Phrygian plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs , unburied on the naked shore , Devouring ...
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... Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , the immortal prize , And urged the ...
... Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , the immortal prize , And urged the ...
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... Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit but his own . Such late was Walsh , the'muse's judge and friend , Who justly knew to blame or to commend ; To failings mild , but zealous for desert ; The clearest head , and the ...
... Greece and Rome was known , And every author's merit but his own . Such late was Walsh , the'muse's judge and friend , Who justly knew to blame or to commend ; To failings mild , but zealous for desert ; The clearest head , and the ...
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... Greece , whom she subdued : Your scene precariously subsists too long On French translation and Italian song , Dare to have sense yourselves ; assert the stage , Be justly warm'd with your own native rage : Such plays alone should win a ...
... Greece , whom she subdued : Your scene precariously subsists too long On French translation and Italian song , Dare to have sense yourselves ; assert the stage , Be justly warm'd with your own native rage : Such plays alone should win a ...
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... Greece beheld , Or elder Babylon , its frame excell'd . Four faces had the dome , and every face Of various structure , but of equal grace ! Four brazen gates , on columns lifted high , Salute the different quarters of the sky . Here ...
... Greece beheld , Or elder Babylon , its frame excell'd . Four faces had the dome , and every face Of various structure , but of equal grace ! Four brazen gates , on columns lifted high , Salute the different quarters of the sky . Here ...
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