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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... death was approaching ; on the sixth , he was all day delirious , which he mentioned four days afterwards as a sufficient humiliation of the vanity of man ; he afterwards complained of seeing things as through a curtain , and in false ...
... death was approaching ; on the sixth , he was all day delirious , which he mentioned four days afterwards as a sufficient humiliation of the vanity of man ; he afterwards complained of seeing things as through a curtain , and in false ...
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... death : He said : Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . ' But now the reed shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despised by thee . O were I made by some transforming power The ...
... death : He said : Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . ' But now the reed shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despised by thee . O were I made by some transforming power The ...
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... death , Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath ; The industrious bees neglect their golden store : Fair Daphne's dead , and sweetness is no more ! No more the mounting larks , while Daphne sings , Shall listening in mid air , suspend ...
... death , Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath ; The industrious bees neglect their golden store : Fair Daphne's dead , and sweetness is no more ! No more the mounting larks , while Daphne sings , Shall listening in mid air , suspend ...
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... death , the poet led . To the pale nations of the dead . What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans ...
... death , the poet led . To the pale nations of the dead . What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans ...
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... death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! Oh grave where is thy victory ? Oh death ! where is thy sting . AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM ...
... death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! Oh grave where is thy victory ? Oh death ! where is thy sting . AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM ...
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