The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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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 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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... o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky , The eternal snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But , those attain'd , we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way , The ...
... o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky , The eternal snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But , those attain'd , we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way , The ...
Page 51
... o'er its ruins spread , Shakes off the dust , and rears his reverend head . Then Sculpture and her sister - arts revive ; Stones leap'd to form , and rocks began to live ; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung : A Raphael painted ...
... o'er its ruins spread , Shakes off the dust , and rears his reverend head . Then Sculpture and her sister - arts revive ; Stones leap'd to form , and rocks began to live ; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung : A Raphael painted ...
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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