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
... mortal eye ; Stretch'd in their tents the Grecian leaders lie ; Th ' Immortals slumber'd on their thrones above , All but the ever - watchful eye of Jove . To honour Thetis ' son he bends his care , And plunge the Greeks in all the woes ...
... mortal eye ; Stretch'd in their tents the Grecian leaders lie ; Th ' Immortals slumber'd on their thrones above , All but the ever - watchful eye of Jove . To honour Thetis ' son he bends his care , And plunge the Greeks in all the woes ...
Page xxix
... mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant on his doom Pensive bas follow'd to the silent tomb , Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore , Not parted long , and now to part no more ! Go , then , where only bliss ...
... mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant on his doom Pensive bas follow'd to the silent tomb , Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore , Not parted long , and now to part no more ! Go , then , where only bliss ...
Page xxxi
... mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON Edmund DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 . If modest youth , with cool reflection crown'd , And ...
... mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON Edmund DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 . If modest youth , with cool reflection crown'd , And ...
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... mortal passion still , Might change Olympus for a nobler hill . Happy the man whom this bright court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom ...
... mortal passion still , Might change Olympus for a nobler hill . Happy the man whom this bright court approves , His sovereign favours , and his country loves : Happy next him , who to these shades retires , Whom nature charms , and whom ...
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... die , Steal from the world , and not a stone Tell where I lie . ODE The dying Christian to his Soul . VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit , oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling , hoping lingering , flying- Oh the pain , ODES . 11.
... die , Steal from the world , and not a stone Tell where I lie . ODE The dying Christian to his Soul . VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit , oh quit this mortal frame : Trembling , hoping lingering , flying- Oh the pain , ODES . 11.
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