The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, 2. köide |
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Presents flow'd in a - pace : with ihow'rs of gold They made their court , like Jupiter of old , 65 If I but smil'd , a sudden youth they found , And a new palsey seiz'd them when I frown'd . Ye fov'reign wives ! give ear ...
Presents flow'd in a - pace : with ihow'rs of gold They made their court , like Jupiter of old , 65 If I but smil'd , a sudden youth they found , And a new palsey seiz'd them when I frown'd . Ye fov'reign wives ! give ear ...
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34 What tho ' the itars contract their heav'nly space , And crowd their ihining ranks to yield thee place ; Though all the kies , ambitious of thy sway , Conipire to court thee from our world away ; Though Phoebus longs to mix his rays ...
34 What tho ' the itars contract their heav'nly space , And crowd their ihining ranks to yield thee place ; Though all the kies , ambitious of thy sway , Conipire to court thee from our world away ; Though Phoebus longs to mix his rays ...
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When thus the chiefs from diff'rent lands resort T'Adraftus ' realms , and hospitable court ; The King furveys his guests with curious eyes , And views their arms and habit with surprise . 566 A lion's yellow skin the Theban wears ...
When thus the chiefs from diff'rent lands resort T'Adraftus ' realms , and hospitable court ; The King furveys his guests with curious eyes , And views their arms and habit with surprise . 566 A lion's yellow skin the Theban wears ...
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Thus , reiz'd with facred fear , the monarch pray'd ; Thea to his inner court the guests convey'd ; Where yet this fumes from dying sparks arile , And duit yet white upon each altar lies , 600 The relics of a former iacrisice .
Thus , reiz'd with facred fear , the monarch pray'd ; Thea to his inner court the guests convey'd ; Where yet this fumes from dying sparks arile , And duit yet white upon each altar lies , 600 The relics of a former iacrisice .
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His train obey , while all the courts around 605 With noisy care and various tumult found . Embroider'd purple clothes the golden beds ; This slave the tioor , and that the table spreads ; A third difpels the darkness of the night ...
His train obey , while all the courts around 605 With noisy care and various tumult found . Embroider'd purple clothes the golden beds ; This slave the tioor , and that the table spreads ; A third difpels the darkness of the night ...
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