The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are , all I can think of : the agreeable power of self ...
... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are , all I can think of : the agreeable power of self ...
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Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan. writings have had their fate already , and it is too late to think of prepossess- ing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as some merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for these ...
Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan. writings have had their fate already , and it is too late to think of prepossess- ing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as some merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for these ...
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... fate beside a silver spring ; Where gentle Thames his winding waters leads VER . 3 , 4. Originally thus in the MS .-- There to the winds he plain'd his hapless love , And Amaryllis fill'd the vocal grove . Where stray ye , Muses , in ...
... fate beside a silver spring ; Where gentle Thames his winding waters leads VER . 3 , 4. Originally thus in the MS .-- There to the winds he plain'd his hapless love , And Amaryllis fill'd the vocal grove . Where stray ye , Muses , in ...
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... fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain ? Thames ...
... fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here shall I try the sweet Alexis ' strain , That call'd the listening Dryads to the plain ? Thames ...
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... fate bemoan , In notes more sad than when they sing their own ; In hollow caves sweet Echo silent lies , Silent , or only to her name replies ; Her name with pleasure once she taught the shore ; Now Daphne's dead , and Pleasure is no ...
... fate bemoan , In notes more sad than when they sing their own ; In hollow caves sweet Echo silent lies , Silent , or only to her name replies ; Her name with pleasure once she taught the shore ; Now Daphne's dead , and Pleasure is no ...
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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