The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page 47
... eyes ; No lambs or sheep for victims I'll impart , Thy victim , Love , shall be the shepherd's heart . STREPHON . Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain , Then , hid in shades , eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh , to see me ...
... eyes ; No lambs or sheep for victims I'll impart , Thy victim , Love , shall be the shepherd's heart . STREPHON . Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain , Then , hid in shades , eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh , to see me ...
Page 53
... eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining volumes roll'd , The yellow carp , in scales bedropp'd with gold ...
... eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining volumes roll'd , The yellow carp , in scales bedropp'd with gold ...
Page 59
... eyes : No monstrous height , or breadth , or length appear : The whole at once is bold , and regular . Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see , To admire superior sense , and doubt their own ! 200 Thinks what ne'er was , nor is , nor e ...
... eyes : No monstrous height , or breadth , or length appear : The whole at once is bold , and regular . Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see , To admire superior sense , and doubt their own ! 200 Thinks what ne'er was , nor is , nor e ...
Page 64
... eyes that must eclipse the day : Now lap - dogs give themselves the rousing shake , And sleepless lovers , just at twelve , awake : Thrice rung the bell , the slipper knock'd the ground And the press'd watch return'd a silver sound ...
... eyes that must eclipse the day : Now lap - dogs give themselves the rousing shake , And sleepless lovers , just at twelve , awake : Thrice rung the bell , the slipper knock'd the ground And the press'd watch return'd a silver sound ...
Page 65
... eyes , and as unfix'd as those : Favours to none , to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects , but never once offends . Bright as the sun , her eyes the gazers strike , And , like the sun , they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease ...
... eyes , and as unfix'd as those : Favours to none , to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects , but never once offends . Bright as the sun , her eyes the gazers strike , And , like the sun , they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease ...
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