The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... twas fit , Who conquer'd Nature , should preside o'er Wit . Horace still charms with graceful negligence , And without method talks us into sense , Will , like a friend , familiarly convey The truest notions in the easiest way . He who ...
... twas fit , Who conquer'd Nature , should preside o'er Wit . Horace still charms with graceful negligence , And without method talks us into sense , Will , like a friend , familiarly convey The truest notions in the easiest way . He who ...
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... Twas he had summon'd to her silent bed The morning - dream that hover'd o'er her head , A youth more glittering than a birth - night beau , ( That even in slumber caused her cheek to glow ) , Seem'd to her ear his willing lips to lay ...
... Twas he had summon'd to her silent bed The morning - dream that hover'd o'er her head , A youth more glittering than a birth - night beau , ( That even in slumber caused her cheek to glow ) , Seem'd to her ear his willing lips to lay ...
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... Twas then , Belinda , if report say true , Thy eyes first open'd on a billet - doux ; Wounds , charms , and ardours , were no sooner read , But all the vision vanish'd from thy head . And now , unveil❜d , the toilet stands display'd ...
... Twas then , Belinda , if report say true , Thy eyes first open'd on a billet - doux ; Wounds , charms , and ardours , were no sooner read , But all the vision vanish'd from thy head . And now , unveil❜d , the toilet stands display'd ...
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... Twas this the morning omens seem'd to tell : Thrice from my trembling hand the patch - box fell ; The tottering china shook without a wind , Nay , Poll sat mute , and Shock was most unkind ! A Sylph too warn'd me of the threats of Fate ...
... Twas this the morning omens seem'd to tell : Thrice from my trembling hand the patch - box fell ; The tottering china shook without a wind , Nay , Poll sat mute , and Shock was most unkind ! A Sylph too warn'd me of the threats of Fate ...
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... began to be , ' Twas one vast Nothing all , and all slept fast in thee . 1 Dr Johnson in the Literary Review highly commends this piece . 2 Thine was the sway , ere heaven was form'd IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS . 115.
... began to be , ' Twas one vast Nothing all , and all slept fast in thee . 1 Dr Johnson in the Literary Review highly commends this piece . 2 Thine was the sway , ere heaven was form'd IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS . 115.
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient Bavius beauty bless'd blest bliss breast breath bright charms court cried critics crown'd Curll Cynthus divine Dunciad e'er earth ease Eclogues Elkanah Settle envy EPISTLE eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flowers fools genius glory Gnome grace groves happy head heart Heaven honour Horace Iliad kings knave laws learn'd live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind mortal Muse Muse's Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral peace plain pleased poem poet Pope Pope's praise pride proud rage reason rhyme rise sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spleen Sylphs taught tears Thalestris thee Theocritus things thou thought trembling truth Twas Umbriel VARIATIONS verse virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whate'er Whig wings write youth