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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... cries of tortured ghosts : But , hark ! he strikes the golden lyre : And see the tortured ghosts respire . See , shady forms advance Thy stone , Ŏ Sisyphus , stands still , Ixion rests upon his wheel , And the pale spectres dance ! The ...
... cries of tortured ghosts : But , hark ! he strikes the golden lyre : And see the tortured ghosts respire . See , shady forms advance Thy stone , Ŏ Sisyphus , stands still , Ixion rests upon his wheel , And the pale spectres dance ! The ...
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... cries- Ah see , he dies ! Yet e'en in death Eurydice he sung : Eurydice still trembled on his tongue Eurydice the woods , Eurydice the floods , Eurydice the rocks and hollow mountains rung . Music the fiercest grief can charm , And ...
... cries- Ah see , he dies ! Yet e'en in death Eurydice he sung : Eurydice still trembled on his tongue Eurydice the woods , Eurydice the floods , Eurydice the rocks and hollow mountains rung . Music the fiercest grief can charm , And ...
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... cries , And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and begin the attack ; Fans clap , silks rustle , and tough whalebones crack ; Heroes ' and heroines ' shouts confusedly rise , And base and treble voices strike ...
... cries , And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and begin the attack ; Fans clap , silks rustle , and tough whalebones crack ; Heroes ' and heroines ' shouts confusedly rise , And base and treble voices strike ...
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... cries ; and all around , • Restore the lock ! ' the vaulted roofs rebound . Not fierce Othello in so loud a strain Roar'd for the handkerchief that caused his pain . But see how oft ambitious aims are cross'd , And chiefs contend till ...
... cries ; and all around , • Restore the lock ! ' the vaulted roofs rebound . Not fierce Othello in so loud a strain Roar'd for the handkerchief that caused his pain . But see how oft ambitious aims are cross'd , And chiefs contend till ...
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... cries of frantic matrons sound , And Pentheus ' blood enrich'd the rising ground . Then sees Citharon towering o'er the plain , And thence declining gently to the main . Next to the bounds of Nisus ' realm repairs , Where treacherous ...
... cries of frantic matrons sound , And Pentheus ' blood enrich'd the rising ground . Then sees Citharon towering o'er the plain , And thence declining gently to the main . Next to the bounds of Nisus ' realm repairs , Where treacherous ...
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