The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's side , Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus replied . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on every bloomy ...
... o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's side , Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus replied . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on every bloomy ...
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... O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here , my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . VARIATIONS . VER . 49-52 . Originally thus in ...
... O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here , my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . VARIATIONS . VER . 49-52 . Originally thus in ...
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... o'er the dusky green .. Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Beneath yon poplar oft we pass'd the day : Oft on the rind I carved her amorous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs : The garlands fade , the vows ...
... o'er the dusky green .. Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Beneath yon poplar oft we pass'd the day : Oft on the rind I carved her amorous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs : The garlands fade , the vows ...
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... o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye Heavens ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter ...
... o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye Heavens ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a shelter ...
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... o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end . Then palaces shall rise ; the joyful son Shall finish what his short - lived sire begun ; 31 40 ...
... o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend , And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end . Then palaces shall rise ; the joyful son Shall finish what his short - lived sire begun ; 31 40 ...
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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