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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... thee the hardy veteran drops a tear , And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere . Withers , adieu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial spirit , or thy social love ! Amidst corruption , luxury , and rage , Still leave some ancient ...
... thee the hardy veteran drops a tear , And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere . Withers , adieu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial spirit , or thy social love ! Amidst corruption , luxury , and rage , Still leave some ancient ...
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... thee . Blest swains , whose nymphs in every grace excel ; Blest nymphs , whose swains those graces sing so weli . Now rise and haste to yonder woodbine bowers , A soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties ...
... thee . Blest swains , whose nymphs in every grace excel ; Blest nymphs , whose swains those graces sing so weli . Now rise and haste to yonder woodbine bowers , A soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties ...
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... thee . O were I made by some transforming power The captive bird that sings within thy bower ! Then might my voice ... thee , Love ! on foreign mountains bred , Wolves gave thee suck , and savage tigers fed ; Thou wert from Etna's ...
... thee . O were I made by some transforming power The captive bird that sings within thy bower ! Then might my voice ... thee , Love ! on foreign mountains bred , Wolves gave thee suck , and savage tigers fed ; Thou wert from Etna's ...
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... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live l` THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds ...
... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live l` THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds ...
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... thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And seeds of gold in Ophir's mountains glow , 55 See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon them in a flood of day ! No more the rising sun ( u ) shall gild the morn , Nor evening ...
... thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And seeds of gold in Ophir's mountains glow , 55 See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon them in a flood of day ! No more the rising sun ( u ) shall gild the morn , Nor evening ...
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