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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... Bright as the star whose fires in Autumn rise ; Her breath divine thick streaming flames supplies , Bright as the star that fires th ' autumnal skies : Th ' unwearied blaze incessant streams supplies , Like the red star that fires th ...
... Bright as the star whose fires in Autumn rise ; Her breath divine thick streaming flames supplies , Bright as the star that fires th ' autumnal skies : Th ' unwearied blaze incessant streams supplies , Like the red star that fires th ...
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... bright crocus and blue violet glow ; Here western winds on breathing roses blow . Ell stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines ...
... bright crocus and blue violet glow ; Here western winds on breathing roses blow . Ell stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines ...
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... bright Venus with Adonis stray'd , And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly bowers ; When weary reapers quit the sultry field , And crown ...
... bright Venus with Adonis stray'd , And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly bowers ; When weary reapers quit the sultry field , And crown ...
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... bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live l` THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds ...
... bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live l` THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds ...
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... bright altars throng'd with prostrate kings , And heap'd with products of Sabean ( t ) springs ! For thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And seeds of gold in Ophir's mountains glow , 55 See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And ...
... bright altars throng'd with prostrate kings , And heap'd with products of Sabean ( t ) springs ! For thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And seeds of gold in Ophir's mountains glow , 55 See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And ...
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