The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... Singing to her On a Fan of the Author's 113 · • Part First , 29 Design ,. 113 Part Second , 35 Cowley- Part Third , 47 The Garden , 114 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK- Weeping , 115 Canto I . , . 54 Earl of Rochester- • Canto II . , 59 On Silence ...
... Singing to her On a Fan of the Author's 113 · • Part First , 29 Design ,. 113 Part Second , 35 Cowley- Part Third , 47 The Garden , 114 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK- Weeping , 115 Canto I . , . 54 Earl of Rochester- • Canto II . , 59 On Silence ...
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... singing ; and that in their songs they took occasion to celebrate their own felicity . From hence a poem was invented , and afterwards improved to a perfect image of that happy time ; which , by giving us an esteem for the virtues of a ...
... singing ; and that in their songs they took occasion to celebrate their own felicity . From hence a poem was invented , and afterwards improved to a perfect image of that happy time ; which , by giving us an esteem for the virtues of a ...
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... sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can ...
... sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can ...
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... sing by turns , by turns the Muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the daisies spring ; Now leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground : Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phœbus , in my Delia's ...
... sing by turns , by turns the Muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the daisies spring ; Now leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground : Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phœbus , in my Delia's ...
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... sing . DAPHNIS . All nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair , The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smiles , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In spring the ...
... sing . DAPHNIS . All nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair , The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smiles , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In spring the ...
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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