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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... shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore , Since great Achilles and Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , unburied on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore ...
... shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore , Since great Achilles and Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , unburied on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore ...
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... shore : Now Daphne's dead , and pleasure is no more ! No grateful dews descend from evening skies , Nor morning odours from the flowers arise ; No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field , Nor fragrant herbs their native incense yield ...
... shore : Now Daphne's dead , and pleasure is no more ! No grateful dews descend from evening skies , Nor morning odours from the flowers arise ; No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field , Nor fragrant herbs their native incense yield ...
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... shore . Or raise old warriors , whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page , Stretch his long triumphs down through every age : Draw monarchs chain'd , and Cressi's ...
... shore . Or raise old warriors , whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page , Stretch his long triumphs down through every age : Draw monarchs chain'd , and Cressi's ...
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... shore each unmolested swain Shall tend the flocks , or reap the bearded grain : The shady empire shall retain no ... shore to shore , Till conquest cease , and slavery be no more ; Till the freed Indians in their native groves Reap their ...
... shore each unmolested swain Shall tend the flocks , or reap the bearded grain : The shady empire shall retain no ... shore to shore , Till conquest cease , and slavery be no more ; Till the freed Indians in their native groves Reap their ...
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... shore ? Or bid the furious Gaul be rude no more ? Strophe 2 . When Athens sinks by fates unjust , When wild barbarians spurn her dust ! Perhaps e'en Britain's utmost shore Shall cease to blush with stranger's gore : See arts her savage ...
... shore ? Or bid the furious Gaul be rude no more ? Strophe 2 . When Athens sinks by fates unjust , When wild barbarians spurn her dust ! Perhaps e'en Britain's utmost shore Shall cease to blush with stranger's gore : See arts her savage ...
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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