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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Page viii
... arms again ; If mercy fail , yet let my present move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again : Receive my gifts : if mercy fails , yet let my ...
... arms again ; If mercy fail , yet let my present move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again : Receive my gifts : if mercy fails , yet let my ...
Page ix
... arms the fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with a blaze of light . Bright as ...
... arms the fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with a blaze of light . Bright as ...
Page 10
... arms and wakes , Listening envy drops her snakes ; Intestine war no more our passions wage , And giddy factions bear away their rage . But when our country's cause provokes to arms , How martial music every bosom warms ! So when the ...
... arms and wakes , Listening envy drops her snakes ; Intestine war no more our passions wage , And giddy factions bear away their rage . But when our country's cause provokes to arms , How martial music every bosom warms ! So when the ...
Page 20
... arms the nymph he found , Her eyes dejected and her hair unbound . Full o'er their heads the swelling bag he rent ... arms , to arms ! ' the fierce virago cries , And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and ...
... arms the nymph he found , Her eyes dejected and her hair unbound . Full o'er their heads the swelling bag he rent ... arms , to arms ! ' the fierce virago cries , And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and ...
Page 27
... arms . High on a throne with trophies charged I view'd The youth that all things but himself subdued ; His feet on sceptres and tiaras trod , And his horn'd head belied the Libyan god . There Cæsar , graced with both Minervas , shone ...
... arms . High on a throne with trophies charged I view'd The youth that all things but himself subdued ; His feet on sceptres and tiaras trod , And his horn'd head belied the Libyan god . There Cæsar , graced with both Minervas , shone ...
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Achilles Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descend Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honour Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phoebus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shew shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth