The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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... trembling with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very unlucky circumstances : for , from the moment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth , than if he were a Prince ...
... trembling with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very unlucky circumstances : for , from the moment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth , than if he were a Prince ...
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... 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 ,. F These Pastorals were ...
... 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 ,. F These Pastorals were ...
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... trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm , appears 55 60 65 The winds and trees and floods her death deplore , Daphne , our grief ! our ...
... trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm , appears 55 60 65 The winds and trees and floods her death deplore , Daphne , our grief ! our ...
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... trembles , and the bulrush nods . Waste sandy valleys , once perplex'd with thorn , The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless shrubs the flow'ring palms succeed , 75 And od'rous myrtle to the noisome weed . The lambs with wolves ...
... trembles , and the bulrush nods . Waste sandy valleys , once perplex'd with thorn , The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless shrubs the flow'ring palms succeed , 75 And od'rous myrtle to the noisome weed . The lambs with wolves ...
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... trembling slaves the royal game . The fields are ravish'd1 from th ' industrious swains , From men their cities , and from Gods their fanes : The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er ; The hollow winds thro ' naked temples roar ...
... trembling slaves the royal game . The fields are ravish'd1 from th ' industrious swains , From men their cities , and from Gods their fanes : The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er ; The hollow winds thro ' naked temples roar ...
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