The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 2. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... abiit . Ego frigida furgo : 200 Nec gravidae lacrymas continuere genae . Ibimus , o Nymphae , monstrataque faxa petemus . Sit procul infano victus amore timor . the moffy margin grace , Eternal greens Watch'd by the 18 SAPPHO PHA ON I.
... abiit . Ego frigida furgo : 200 Nec gravidae lacrymas continuere genae . Ibimus , o Nymphae , monstrataque faxa petemus . Sit procul infano victus amore timor . the moffy margin grace , Eternal greens Watch'd by the 18 SAPPHO PHA ON I.
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... Eternal greens Watch'd by the fylvan Genius of the place . Here as I lay , and fwell'd with tears the flood , 185 Before my fight a wat❜ry Virgin stood : She stood and cry'd , " O you that love in vain ! " c 190 Fly hence , and feek ...
... Eternal greens Watch'd by the fylvan Genius of the place . Here as I lay , and fwell'd with tears the flood , 185 Before my fight a wat❜ry Virgin stood : She stood and cry'd , " O you that love in vain ! " c 190 Fly hence , and feek ...
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... eternal bound ) 140 These mofs - grown domes with fpiry turrets crown'd , Where awful arches make a noon - day night , And the dim windows fhed a folemn light ; Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ray , And gleams of glory brighten'd all ...
... eternal bound ) 140 These mofs - grown domes with fpiry turrets crown'd , Where awful arches make a noon - day night , And the dim windows fhed a folemn light ; Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ray , And gleams of glory brighten'd all ...
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... Eternal fun - fhine of the spotless mind ! Each pray'r accepted , and each wish resign'd ; Labour and reft , that equal periods keep ; 211 " Obedient flumbers that can wake and weep ; " Defires compos'd , affections ever even ; Tears ...
... Eternal fun - fhine of the spotless mind ! Each pray'r accepted , and each wish resign'd ; Labour and reft , that equal periods keep ; 211 " Obedient flumbers that can wake and weep ; " Defires compos'd , affections ever even ; Tears ...
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... eternal day . away , Far other dreams my erring foul employ , Far other raptures , of unholy joy : When at the close of each fad , forrowing day , 225 Fancy restores what vengeance snatch'd away , Then confcience fleeps , and leaving ...
... eternal day . away , Far other dreams my erring foul employ , Far other raptures , of unholy joy : When at the close of each fad , forrowing day , 225 Fancy restores what vengeance snatch'd away , Then confcience fleeps , and leaving ...
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Page 41 - Ah come not, write not, think not once of me, Nor share one pang of all I felt for thee. Thy oaths I quit, thy memory resign, Forget, renounce me, hate whate'er was mine.
Page 33 - Ev'n thought meets thought, ere from the lips it part, And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. This sure is bliss (if bliss on earth there be) And once the lot of Abelard and me.
Page 44 - If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings To Paraclete's white walls and silver springs, O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And...
Page 34 - Still on that breast enamour'd let me lie, Still drink delicious poison from thy eye, Pant on thy lip, and to thy heart be press'd; Give all thou canst — and let me dream the rest.
Page 29 - IN these deep solitudes and awful cells, Where heavenly-pensive contemplation dwells, And ever-musing melancholy reigns, What means this tumult in a vestal's veins ? Why rove my thoughts beyond this last retreat ? Why feels my heart its long-forgotten heat ? Yet, yet I love ! — From Abelard it came, And Eloisa yet must kiss the name.
Page 36 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 43 - Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'd Eloi'sa see ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me.
Page 65 - The figur'd games of Greece the column grace, Neptune and Jove survey the rapid race. The youths hang o'er their chariots as they run ; The fiery steeds seem starting from the stone ; The champions in distorted postures threat ; And all appear'd irregularly great. Here happy Horace tun'd th...
Page 32 - Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those views remove, Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?