The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies 10 The ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic dove . Ye heavens ! 2 from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The ...
... sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies 10 The ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic dove . Ye heavens ! 2 from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The ...
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... sacred rage , Surrey , the Granville of a former age : Matchless his pen , victorious was his lance , Bold in the lists , and graceful in the dance ; In the same shades the Cupids tuned his lyre , To the same notes of love and soft ...
... sacred rage , Surrey , the Granville of a former age : Matchless his pen , victorious was his lance , Bold in the lists , and graceful in the dance ; In the same shades the Cupids tuned his lyre , To the same notes of love and soft ...
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... sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To bright Cecilia greater power is given : His numbers raised a shade from hell , Hers lift the soul to heaven . TWO CHORUSSES TO THE TRAGEDY OF ...
... sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To bright Cecilia greater power is given : His numbers raised a shade from hell , Hers lift the soul to heaven . TWO CHORUSSES TO THE TRAGEDY OF ...
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... sacred lust of praise ! Ah , ne'er so dire a thirst of glory boast , Nor in the critic let the man be lost . Good nature and good sense must ever join ; To err , is human ; to forgive , divine . But if in noble minds some dregs remain ...
... sacred lust of praise ! Ah , ne'er so dire a thirst of glory boast , Nor in the critic let the man be lost . Good nature and good sense must ever join ; To err , is human ; to forgive , divine . But if in noble minds some dregs remain ...
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... sacred earth allow thee room , Nor hallow'd dirge be mutter'd o'er thy tomb ? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be dress'd And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow , There the ...
... sacred earth allow thee room , Nor hallow'd dirge be mutter'd o'er thy tomb ? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be dress'd And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow , There the ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid Menelaus mighty mind monarch mortal night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam pride prince proud Pylian queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth