The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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... spared after he had rendered a personal service to the poet . As his shafts flew higher and higher , they ventured to touch the sacred I personages of royalty itself . With the court of King Xxxviii INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
... spared after he had rendered a personal service to the poet . As his shafts flew higher and higher , they ventured to touch the sacred I personages of royalty itself . With the court of King Xxxviii INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
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... sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian Muses sing ; Let vernal airs 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 ...
... sacred spring , While on thy banks Sicilian Muses sing ; Let vernal airs 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 ...
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... sacred Monarchs bears1 : Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay tell me first , in what more happy fields . The Thistle springs , to which the Lily yields " : And then ...
... sacred Monarchs bears1 : Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay tell me first , in what more happy fields . The Thistle springs , to which the Lily yields " : And then ...
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... to be so , it was Dr Garth . ' ] The woods shall answer , and their echo ring ] is a line out of Spenser's Epithalamion . P. [ It is the refrain of that poem . ] In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or 2 Summer.
... to be so , it was Dr Garth . ' ] The woods shall answer , and their echo ring ] is a line out of Spenser's Epithalamion . P. [ It is the refrain of that poem . ] In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or 2 Summer.
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Alexander Pope Sir Adolphus William Ward. In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides1 ? As in the crystal spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the wat'ry glass ; But since ...
Alexander Pope Sir Adolphus William Ward. In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides1 ? As in the crystal spring I view my face , Fresh rising blushes paint the wat'ry glass ; But since ...
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