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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... force , and warms with all her fires ; Above the Greeks his deathless fame to raise , And crown her hero with distinguish'd praise . High on his helm celestial lightnings play , His beamy shield emits a living ray ; Th ' unwearied blaze ...
... force , and warms with all her fires ; Above the Greeks his deathless fame to raise , And crown her hero with distinguish'd praise . High on his helm celestial lightnings play , His beamy shield emits a living ray ; Th ' unwearied blaze ...
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... force . • I know there are , to whose presumptuous thoughts Those freer beauties , e'en in them , seem faults . Some figures monstrous and mis - shaped appear , Consider'd singly , or beheld too near , Which , but proportion'd to their ...
... force . • I know there are , to whose presumptuous thoughts Those freer beauties , e'en in them , seem faults . Some figures monstrous and mis - shaped appear , Consider'd singly , or beheld too near , Which , but proportion'd to their ...
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... force attain'd his ends . For this ' ere Phoebus rose , he had implored Propitious Heaven and every power adored ; But chiefly Love ; to Love an altar built , Of twelve vast French romances neatly gilt . There lay three garters , half a ...
... force attain'd his ends . For this ' ere Phoebus rose , he had implored Propitious Heaven and every power adored ; But chiefly Love ; to Love an altar built , Of twelve vast French romances neatly gilt . There lay three garters , half a ...
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... force the quickening flames advance ; Till to the clouds their curling heads aspire . And towers and temples sink in floods of fire . When thus ripe lies are to perfection sprung , Full grown , and fit to grace a mortal tongue , Through ...
... force the quickening flames advance ; Till to the clouds their curling heads aspire . And towers and temples sink in floods of fire . When thus ripe lies are to perfection sprung , Full grown , and fit to grace a mortal tongue , Through ...
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... force contend , This way and that , the wavering sails they bend , While freezing Boreas and black Eurus blow , Now here , now there , the reeling vessel throw : ' Thus on each side , alas ! our tottering state Feels all the fury of ...
... force contend , This way and that , the wavering sails they bend , While freezing Boreas and black Eurus blow , Now here , now there , the reeling vessel throw : ' Thus on each side , alas ! our tottering state Feels all the fury of ...
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