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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... land , What nations follow'd , and what chiefs command ; ( For doubtful fame distracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) Without your aid , to count th ' unnumber'd train , A thousand months , a thousand ...
... land , What nations follow'd , and what chiefs command ; ( For doubtful fame distracts mankind below , And nothing can we tell , and nothing know ) Without your aid , to count th ' unnumber'd train , A thousand months , a thousand ...
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... land springs of water ; in Isaiah , ch . xxxv . ver . 1. The wilderness and the soli- the habitations where dragons lay , shall be grass , and tary place shall be glad , and the desart shall rejoice and reeds , and rushes . Ch . lv ...
... land springs of water ; in Isaiah , ch . xxxv . ver . 1. The wilderness and the soli- the habitations where dragons lay , shall be grass , and tary place shall be glad , and the desart shall rejoice and reeds , and rushes . Ch . lv ...
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... land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage beasts and savage laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty ...
... land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage beasts and savage laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty ...
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... land . Antistrophe 2 . Ye gods ! what justice rules the ball ! Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ...
... land . Antistrophe 2 . Ye gods ! what justice rules the ball ! Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ...
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... land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails , The solid power of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play , The memory's soft figures melt away ...
... land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails , The solid power of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play , The memory's soft figures melt away ...
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