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
... race : Ye kings and warriors , may your vows be crown'd , And Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground : May Jove restore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . To all he sued , but chief ...
... race : Ye kings and warriors , may your vows be crown'd , And Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground : May Jove restore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . To all he sued , but chief ...
Page xxiv
... race , compared with the chariot - race , is neither illustrated nor aggrandised ; and and water make all the difference : when Apollo , running after Daphne , is likened to a greyhound chasing a hare , there is nothing gained ; the ...
... race , compared with the chariot - race , is neither illustrated nor aggrandised ; and and water make all the difference : when Apollo , running after Daphne , is likened to a greyhound chasing a hare , there is nothing gained ; the ...
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... race ( r ) thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! 50 Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars ...
... race ( r ) thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! 50 Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars ...
Page 18
... race preside , Watch all their ways , and all their actions guile : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne . ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though ...
... race preside , Watch all their ways , and all their actions guile : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne . ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though ...
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... race Of Egypt's priests the gilded niches grace , Who measured earth , described the starry spheres , And traced the long records of lunar years . High on his car Sesostris struck my view , Whom scepter'd slaves in golden harness drew ...
... race Of Egypt's priests the gilded niches grace , Who measured earth , described the starry spheres , And traced the long records of lunar years . High on his car Sesostris struck my view , Whom scepter'd slaves in golden harness drew ...
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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