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
... fierce strife , from what offended Power ? Latona's son a dire contagion spread , And heap'd the camp with mountains of the dead ; The King of men his reverend priest defy'd , And for the King's offence the people dy'd . Declare , O ...
... fierce strife , from what offended Power ? Latona's son a dire contagion spread , And heap'd the camp with mountains of the dead ; The King of men his reverend priest defy'd , And for the King's offence the people dy'd . Declare , O ...
Page ix
... fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with a blaze of light . Bright as the star ...
... fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with a blaze of light . Bright as the star ...
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... fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born . Resound ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Farewell , ye woods ; adieu , the light of day ; One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains . No more , ye hills , no more resound my strains ...
... fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born . Resound ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Farewell , ye woods ; adieu , the light of day ; One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains . No more , ye hills , no more resound my strains ...
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... fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky ; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves , ( On Cooper's Hill eternal wreaths shall grow , While lasts the mountain , or while Thames shall flow ) : I seem through consecrated walks to rove , I ...
... fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky ; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves , ( On Cooper's Hill eternal wreaths shall grow , While lasts the mountain , or while Thames shall flow ) : I seem through consecrated walks to rove , I ...
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... Fierce for the liberties of wit , and bold , We still defied the Romans , as of old Yet some there were among the sounder few Of those who less presumed , and better knew , Who durst assert the juster ancient cause , And here restored ...
... Fierce for the liberties of wit , and bold , We still defied the Romans , as of old Yet some there were among the sounder few Of those who less presumed , and better knew , Who durst assert the juster ancient cause , And here restored ...
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