The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volumes 1-2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 pages |
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Page 62
... thou sing what heroes Windsor bore What kings first breathed upon her winding shore ! Or raise old warriors , whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page , Stretch his ...
... thou sing what heroes Windsor bore What kings first breathed upon her winding shore ! Or raise old warriors , whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page , Stretch his ...
Page 69
... thou now the fatal sisters move ? No crime was thine , if ' tis no crime to love . Now under hanging mountains , Beside the falls of fountains , Or where Hebrus wanders , Rolling in meanders , All alone , Unheard , unknown , He makes ...
... thou now the fatal sisters move ? No crime was thine , if ' tis no crime to love . Now under hanging mountains , Beside the falls of fountains , Or where Hebrus wanders , Rolling in meanders , All alone , Unheard , unknown , He makes ...
Page 71
... thou blame desire , Which nature hath impress'd ? Why , nature , dost thou soonest fire The mild and generous breast ? Chorus . Love's purer flames the gods approve ; The gods and Brutus bend to love : Brutus for absent Porcia sighs ...
... thou blame desire , Which nature hath impress'd ? Why , nature , dost thou soonest fire The mild and generous breast ? Chorus . Love's purer flames the gods approve ; The gods and Brutus bend to love : Brutus for absent Porcia sighs ...
Page 98
... thou hast in air , And view with scorn two pages and a chair As now your own , our beings were of old , And once enclosed in woman's beauteous mould ; Thence , by a soft transition we repair , From earthly vehicles to those of air ...
... thou hast in air , And view with scorn two pages and a chair As now your own , our beings were of old , And once enclosed in woman's beauteous mould ; Thence , by a soft transition we repair , From earthly vehicles to those of air ...
Page 104
... thou , Crispissa , tend her favourite lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock . ' To fifty chosen Sylphs , of special note , We trust the important charge , the petticoat : Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail ...
... thou , Crispissa , tend her favourite lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock . ' To fifty chosen Sylphs , of special note , We trust the important charge , the petticoat : Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail ...
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