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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... live . 120 Now by the Nine , thofe pow'rs ador'd by me , And Love , the God that ever waits on thee , When first I heard ( from whom I hardly knew ) That you were fled , and all my joys with you , Like some sad statue , fpeechlefs ...
... live . 120 Now by the Nine , thofe pow'rs ador'd by me , And Love , the God that ever waits on thee , When first I heard ( from whom I hardly knew ) That you were fled , and all my joys with you , Like some sad statue , fpeechlefs ...
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... lives , he cries . Stung with my love , and furious with despair , All torn my garments , and my bosom bare , 140 My woes , thy crimes , I to the world proclaim ; Such inconfiftent things are love and shame ! ' Tis thou art all my care ...
... lives , he cries . Stung with my love , and furious with despair , All torn my garments , and my bosom bare , 140 My woes , thy crimes , I to the world proclaim ; Such inconfiftent things are love and shame ! ' Tis thou art all my care ...
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... not from Phaon I must hope for ease , 256 Ah let me seek it from the raging feas : To raging seas unpity'd I'll remove , And either cease to live or cease to love ! ELOISA то A BELA R D. A ARGUMENT . BELARD SAPPHO TO PHAON . 25.
... not from Phaon I must hope for ease , 256 Ah let me seek it from the raging feas : To raging seas unpity'd I'll remove , And either cease to live or cease to love ! ELOISA то A BELA R D. A ARGUMENT . BELARD SAPPHO TO PHAON . 25.
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... live , they speak , they breathe what love in- fpires , Warm from the foul , and faithful to its fires , The virgin's wish without her fears impart , 55 Excuse the blush , and pour out all the heart , Speed the foft intercourse from ...
... live , they speak , they breathe what love in- fpires , Warm from the foul , and faithful to its fires , The virgin's wish without her fears impart , 55 Excuse the blush , and pour out all the heart , Speed the foft intercourse from ...
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... live there men , who flight immortal fame ? Who then with incenfe fhall adore our name ? But mortals ! know , ' tis ftill our greatest pride To blaze those virtues , which the good would hide . IMITATIONS . And down on knees anone to ...
... live there men , who flight immortal fame ? Who then with incenfe fhall adore our name ? But mortals ! know , ' tis ftill our greatest pride To blaze those virtues , which the good would hide . IMITATIONS . And down on knees anone to ...
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Page 31 - Yet write, oh write me all, that I may join Griefs to thy griefs, and echo sighs to thine. Nor foes nor fortune take this pow'r away; And is my Abelard less kind than they?
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?