The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illustriously are lost ! Oh , let my Muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native shades you tune the lyre : So when the nightingale ...
... glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illustriously are lost ! Oh , let my Muse her slender reed inspire , Till in your native shades you tune the lyre : So when the nightingale ...
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... glory , mounts the sky , While silent birds forget their tuneful lays , Oh sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here ...
... glory , mounts the sky , While silent birds forget their tuneful lays , Oh sing of Daphne's fate , and Daphne's praise ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that shine with silver frost , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure lost . Here ...
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... glory now no more ! But see where Daphne wondering mounts on high Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal beauties grace the shining scene , Fields ever fresh , and groves for ever green ! There while you rest in amaranthine ...
... glory now no more ! But see where Daphne wondering mounts on high Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal beauties grace the shining scene , Fields ever fresh , and groves for ever green ! There while you rest in amaranthine ...
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... glory , one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts : The Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his ...
... glory , one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts : The Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his ...
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... glory , and then melts with love ; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow , Now sighs steal out , and tears begin to flow : Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found , And the world's victor stood subdued by sound ! The power ...
... glory , and then melts with love ; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow , Now sighs steal out , and tears begin to flow : Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found , And the world's victor stood subdued by sound ! The power ...
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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