The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... shades of Windsor Forest ? Accordingly , his Homer , although a beautiful and sparkling poem , is not a satisfactory trans- lation of the " Iliad , " and still less of the " Odyssey . " He has trailed along the naked lances of the ...
... shades of Windsor Forest ? Accordingly , his Homer , although a beautiful and sparkling poem , is not a satisfactory trans- lation of the " Iliad , " and still less of the " Odyssey . " He has trailed along the naked lances of the ...
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... shades you tune the lyre : So when the nightingale to rest removes , The thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But , charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all the aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks ...
... shades you tune the lyre : So when the nightingale to rest removes , The thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But , charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all the aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks ...
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... shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines : Four Figures rising from the work appear , The various Seasons of the rolling year ; And what is that , which binds the ...
... shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines : Four Figures rising from the work appear , The various Seasons of the rolling year ; And what is that , which binds the ...
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... shades , eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh , to see me search around , And by that laugh the willing fair is found . DAPHNIS . The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She runs , but hopes she does not run unseen ; While a ...
... shades , eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh , to see me search around , And by that laugh the willing fair is found . DAPHNIS . The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She runs , but hopes she does not run unseen ; While a ...
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... shades delight the matchless maid , Cynthus and Hybla yield to Windsor - shade . STREPHON . 65 All nature mourns , the skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and closed the drooping flowers ; 70 If Delia smile , the flowers ...
... shades delight the matchless maid , Cynthus and Hybla yield to Windsor - shade . STREPHON . 65 All nature mourns , the skies relent in showers , Hush'd are the birds , and closed the drooping flowers ; 70 If Delia smile , the flowers ...
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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