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
... fair . Not so Atrides ; he with kingly pride , Repulsed the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T ' accept the ransom , and release the fair ...
... fair . Not so Atrides ; he with kingly pride , Repulsed the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , The father said , the gen'rous Greeks relent , T ' accept the ransom , and release the fair ...
Page xxix
... fair urn we trust , And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust ; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies , To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes . Peace to thy gentle shade , and endless rest ! Blest in thy genius ; in thy love ...
... fair urn we trust , And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust ; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies , To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes . Peace to thy gentle shade , and endless rest ! Blest in thy genius ; in thy love ...
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... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power ...
... Fair Thames , flow gently from thy sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian muses sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power ...
Page 6
... Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ? ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier ...
... Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ? ' " Tis done , and Nature's various charms decay : See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day : Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier ...
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... Fair Liberty , Britannia's goddess , rears Her cheerful head , and leads the golden years . Ye vigorous swains ! while youth ferments your blood , And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the gameful woods ...
... Fair Liberty , Britannia's goddess , rears Her cheerful head , and leads the golden years . Ye vigorous swains ! while youth ferments your blood , And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the gameful woods ...
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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