The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... charm in it , which no other could ever attain . Virgil , who copies Theocritus , refines upon his original : and in all points where judgment is principally concerned , he is much superior to his master . Though some of his subjects ...
... charm in it , which no other could ever attain . Virgil , who copies Theocritus , refines upon his original : and in all points where judgment is principally concerned , he is much superior to his master . Though some of his subjects ...
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... charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all the aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks shook off the nightly dews , Two swains , whom Love kept wakeful , and the Muse , Pour'd o'er the whitening vale their ...
... charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all the aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks shook off the nightly dews , Two swains , whom Love kept wakeful , and the Muse , Pour'd o'er the whitening vale their ...
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... charm no more . STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon the shady grove , But Delia always ; absent from her sight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon delight . DAPHNIS . Sylvia's ...
... charm no more . STREPHON . In spring the fields , in autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon the shady grove , But Delia always ; absent from her sight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon delight . DAPHNIS . Sylvia's ...
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... charms , Whose judgment sways us , and whose spirit warms ! 10 Oh , skill'd in Nature ! see the hearts of swains , Their artless passions , and their tender pains . 16 ' Wycherley ' the dramatist . See Life . VARIATION . VER . 91- Me ...
... charms , Whose judgment sways us , and whose spirit warms ! 10 Oh , skill'd in Nature ! see the hearts of swains , Their artless passions , and their tender pains . 16 ' Wycherley ' the dramatist . See Life . VARIATION . VER . 91- Me ...
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... charms decay ; See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day ! Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie , With her they flourish'd , and ...
... charms decay ; See gloomy clouds obscure the cheerful day ! Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie , With her they flourish'd , and ...
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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