The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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... thro ' trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You , that too wise for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can boast ,. FIRS These Pastorals ...
... thro ' trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You , that too wise for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can boast ,. FIRS These Pastorals ...
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... thro ' naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires , And savage howlings fill the sacred quires . Aw'd by his Nobles , by his ...
... thro ' naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires , And savage howlings fill the sacred quires . Aw'd by his Nobles , by his ...
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... thro ' the thickets , down the valleys sweep , Hang o'er their coursers ' heads with eager speed , And earth rolls back beneath the flying steed . Let old Arcadia boast her ample plain , Th ' immortal huntress , and her virgin train ...
... thro ' the thickets , down the valleys sweep , Hang o'er their coursers ' heads with eager speed , And earth rolls back beneath the flying steed . Let old Arcadia boast her ample plain , Th ' immortal huntress , and her virgin train ...
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... thro ' all th ' infernal bounds , Which flaming Phlegethon surrounds , 50 Love , strong as Death , the Poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , 1 Few images in any poet , ancient or ...
... thro ' all th ' infernal bounds , Which flaming Phlegethon surrounds , 50 Love , strong as Death , the Poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , 1 Few images in any poet , ancient or ...
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... thro ' excess of blood . Others for Language all their care express , And value books , as women men , for Dress : Their praise is still , -the Style is excellent : The Sense , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and ...
... thro ' excess of blood . Others for Language all their care express , And value books , as women men , for Dress : Their praise is still , -the Style is excellent : The Sense , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and ...
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