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 9
... dreadful series of intestine wars , Inglorious triumphs , and dishonest sears . At length great Anna said , Let discord cease ? She said , the world obey'd , and all was peace ! In that blest moment from his oozy bed Old father Thames ...
... dreadful series of intestine wars , Inglorious triumphs , and dishonest sears . At length great Anna said , Let discord cease ? She said , the world obey'd , and all was peace ! In that blest moment from his oozy bed Old father Thames ...
Page 10
... Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans , And cries of tortured ghosts : But , hark ! he strikes the golden lyre : And see the tortured ghosts respire . See , shady forms ...
... Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans , And cries of tortured ghosts : But , hark ! he strikes the golden lyre : And see the tortured ghosts respire . See , shady forms ...
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... dreadful east is all the wind that blows . Here in a grotto , shelter'd close from air , And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare , She sighs for ever on her pensive bed , Pain at her side , and Megrim at her head . Two ...
... dreadful east is all the wind that blows . Here in a grotto , shelter'd close from air , And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare , She sighs for ever on her pensive bed , Pain at her side , and Megrim at her head . Two ...
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... dreadful sacrifice , Amid that scene if some relenting eye Glance on the stone where our cold relics lie , Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven , One human tear shall drop , and be forgiven . And sure if fate some future ...
... dreadful sacrifice , Amid that scene if some relenting eye Glance on the stone where our cold relics lie , Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven , One human tear shall drop , and be forgiven . And sure if fate some future ...
Page 37
... dreadful accents broke : Ye gods ! that o'er the gloomy regions reign , Where guilty spirits feel eternal pain ; Thou , sable Styx ! whose livid streams are roll'd Through dreary coasts , which I , though blind , behold : Tisiphone ...
... dreadful accents broke : Ye gods ! that o'er the gloomy regions reign , Where guilty spirits feel eternal pain ; Thou , sable Styx ! whose livid streams are roll'd Through dreary coasts , which I , though blind , behold : Tisiphone ...
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