The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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Page 12
... sing , The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay , Why art thou prouder and more hard than they ? The bleating sheep with my complaints agree , They parch'd with heat , and I inflam'd by ...
... sing , The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay , Why art thou prouder and more hard than they ? The bleating sheep with my complaints agree , They parch'd with heat , and I inflam'd by ...
Page 13
... sings within thy bower ! Then might my voice thy listening ears employ , And I those kisses he receives enjoy . And yet ... sing , and rival Orpheus strain , The wondering forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the ...
... sings within thy bower ! Then might my voice thy listening ears employ , And I those kisses he receives enjoy . And yet ... sing , and rival Orpheus strain , The wondering forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the ...
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... sing . Thou , whom the Nine with Plautus ' wit inspire , The art of Terence and Menander's fire ; Whose sense instructs us , and whose humour charms , Whose judgement sways us , and whose spirit warms ! Oh , skill'd in nature ! see the ...
... sing . Thou , whom the Nine with Plautus ' wit inspire , The art of Terence and Menander's fire ; Whose sense instructs us , and whose humour charms , Whose judgement sways us , and whose spirit warms ! Oh , skill'd in nature ! see the ...
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... sing , Ye trees that fade when autumn beats remove , Say , is not absence death to those who love ? Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! Curs'd be the fields that cause my Delia's stay ; Fade every blossom , wither every tree ...
... sing , Ye trees that fade when autumn beats remove , Say , is not absence death to those who love ? Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away ! Curs'd be the fields that cause my Delia's stay ; Fade every blossom , wither every tree ...
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... sing around my grave ! ' Sing , while beside the shaded tomb I mourn , And with fresh bays her rural shrine adorn . THYRSIS . Ye gentle muses , leave your crystal spring , Let nymphs and sylvans cypress garlands bring ; Ye weeping loves ...
... sing around my grave ! ' Sing , while beside the shaded tomb I mourn , And with fresh bays her rural shrine adorn . THYRSIS . Ye gentle muses , leave your crystal spring , Let nymphs and sylvans cypress garlands bring ; Ye weeping loves ...
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