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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... plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs , unburied on the naked shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore , Since great Achilles and Atrides strove ; Such ...
... plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs , unburied on the naked shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore , Since great Achilles and Atrides strove ; Such ...
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... plain . Here the bright crocus and blue violet glow ; Here western winds on breathing roses blow . Ell stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where ...
... plain . Here the bright crocus and blue violet glow ; Here western winds on breathing roses blow . Ell stake yon lamb , that near the fountain plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where ...
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... plain ? Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving song . LYCIDAS . So may kind rains their vital moisture yield , And swell the future harvest of the field . Begin ; this charge the dying Daphne ...
... plain ? Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving song . LYCIDAS . So may kind rains their vital moisture yield , And swell the future harvest of the field . Begin ; this charge the dying Daphne ...
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... plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruised , But , as the world , harmoniously confused ; Where order in variety we see , And where , though all things differ , all agree . Here ...
... plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like together crush'd and bruised , But , as the world , harmoniously confused ; Where order in variety we see , And where , though all things differ , all agree . Here ...
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... plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced ...
... plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced ...
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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