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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... skies : Th ' unwearied blaze incessant streams supplies , Like the red star that fires th ' autumnal skies . When first he rears his radiant orb to sight , And , bath'd in Ocean shoots a keener light . Such glories Pallas on the chief ...
... skies : Th ' unwearied blaze incessant streams supplies , Like the red star that fires th ' autumnal skies . When first he rears his radiant orb to sight , And , bath'd in Ocean shoots a keener light . Such glories Pallas on the chief ...
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... skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and closed the drooping flowers ; If Delia smile , the flowers begin to spring , The skies to brighten , and the birds to sing . DAPHNIS . All Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and ...
... skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and closed the drooping flowers ; If Delia smile , the flowers begin to spring , The skies to brighten , and the birds to sing . DAPHNIS . All Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and ...
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... skies ; While labouring oxen , spent with toil and heat , In their loose traces from the field retreat ; While curling smokes from village - tops are seen , And the fleet shades glide o'er the dusky green . Resound , ye hills , resound ...
... skies ; While labouring oxen , spent with toil and heat , In their loose traces from the field retreat ; While curling smokes from village - tops are seen , And the fleet shades glide o'er the dusky green . Resound , ye hills , resound ...
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... skies , Nor morning odours from the flowers arise ; No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field , Nor fragrant herbs their native incense yield . The balmy Zephyrs , silent since her death , Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath ; The ...
... skies , Nor morning odours from the flowers arise ; No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field , Nor fragrant herbs their native incense yield . The balmy Zephyrs , silent since her death , Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath ; The ...
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... skies ! 50 Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd with prostrate kings , And heap'd with products of Sabean ( t ) springs ! For thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And seeds of gold in Ophir's ...
... skies ! 50 Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd with prostrate kings , And heap'd with products of Sabean ( t ) springs ! For thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And seeds of gold in Ophir's ...
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