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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... descend ; But Heaven reveals not what , or how , or where : Warn'd by thy Sylph , oh pious maid beware ! This to disclose is all thy guardian can : Beware of all , but most beware of man ! ' He said ; when Shock , who thought she slept ...
... descend ; But Heaven reveals not what , or how , or where : Warn'd by thy Sylph , oh pious maid beware ! This to disclose is all thy guardian can : Beware of all , but most beware of man ! ' He said ; when Shock , who thought she slept ...
Page 18
... descend ; Some , orb in orb , around the nymph extend ; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair : Some hang upon the pendants of her ear ; With beating hearts the dire event they wait , Anxious and trembling for the birth of fate ...
... descend ; Some , orb in orb , around the nymph extend ; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair : Some hang upon the pendants of her ear ; With beating hearts the dire event they wait , Anxious and trembling for the birth of fate ...
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... descend , and angels watch thee round , From opening skies may streaming glories shine , And saints embrace thee with a love like mine ! May one kind grave unite each hapless name , And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! Then , ages ...
... descend , and angels watch thee round , From opening skies may streaming glories shine , And saints embrace thee with a love like mine ! May one kind grave unite each hapless name , And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! Then , ages ...
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... descend ; Or die the death I dread no less than hell , Sew'd in a sack , and plunged into a well ; Ere I my fame by one lewd act disgrace , Or once renounce the honour of my race : For know , sir knight , of gentle blood I came ; I ...
... descend ; Or die the death I dread no less than hell , Sew'd in a sack , and plunged into a well ; Ere I my fame by one lewd act disgrace , Or once renounce the honour of my race : For know , sir knight , of gentle blood I came ; I ...
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... descend , and serve again ? Yet who , before , more popularly bow'd ? Who more propitious to the suppliant crowd ? Patient of right , familiar in the throne ? What wonder then ? he was not then alone . O wretched we , a vile submissive ...
... descend , and serve again ? Yet who , before , more popularly bow'd ? Who more propitious to the suppliant crowd ? Patient of right , familiar in the throne ? What wonder then ? he was not then alone . O wretched we , a vile submissive ...
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