The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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Page 14
... o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's side , Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus reply'd . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on ev'ry bloomy ...
... o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's side , Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus reply'd . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on ev'ry bloomy ...
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... O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po3 ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . DAPHNIS . Celestial Venus haunts Idalia's ...
... O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po3 ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . DAPHNIS . Celestial Venus haunts Idalia's ...
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... o'er the dusky green . Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Beneath yon ' poplar oft we past the day : Oft ' on the rind I carv'd her am'rous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs : The garlands fade , the ...
... o'er the dusky green . Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Beneath yon ' poplar oft we past the day : Oft ' on the rind I carv'd her am'rous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs : The garlands fade , the ...
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... o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye Heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly show'r ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter ...
... o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye Heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly show'r ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter ...
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... o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad falchion in a plough - share end . Then palaces shall rise ; the joyful Son * Shall finish what his short - liv'd Sire begun ...
... o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad falchion in a plough - share end . Then palaces shall rise ; the joyful Son * Shall finish what his short - liv'd Sire begun ...
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