The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with a blaze of light . Bright as the star that fires th ' autumnal skies , Fresh from the deep , and gilds the seas and ...
... fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with a blaze of light . Bright as the star that fires th ' autumnal skies , Fresh from the deep , and gilds the seas and ...
Page 47
... fight , and spurns the rising sand . DAPHNIS . O Love ! for Sylvia let me gain the prize , And make my tongue victorious as her eyes ; No lambs or sheep for victims I'll impart , Thy victim , Love , shall be the shepherd's heart ...
... fight , and spurns the rising sand . DAPHNIS . O Love ! for Sylvia let me gain the prize , And make my tongue victorious as her eyes ; No lambs or sheep for victims I'll impart , Thy victim , Love , shall be the shepherd's heart ...
Page 69
... fight , nor dread a mortal wound . So when bold Homer makes the gods engage , And heavenly breasts with human passions rage ; ' Gainst Pallas , Mars ; Latona , Hermes arms ; And all Olympus rings with loud alarms ; Jove's thunder roars ...
... fight , nor dread a mortal wound . So when bold Homer makes the gods engage , And heavenly breasts with human passions rage ; ' Gainst Pallas , Mars ; Latona , Hermes arms ; And all Olympus rings with loud alarms ; Jove's thunder roars ...
Page 104
... fight , More studious to divide than to unite ; And grace and virtue , sense and reason split , With all the rash dexterity of wit . Wits , just like fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning or the same . Self - love ...
... fight , More studious to divide than to unite ; And grace and virtue , sense and reason split , With all the rash dexterity of wit . Wits , just like fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning or the same . Self - love ...
Page 122
... fight , or die in flowers ; Unwater'd see the drooping sea - horse mourn , And swallows roost in Nilus ' dusty urn . To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the column , or the arch to bend , To swell the terrace , or to ...
... fight , or die in flowers ; Unwater'd see the drooping sea - horse mourn , And swallows roost in Nilus ' dusty urn . To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the column , or the arch to bend , To swell the terrace , or to ...
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Achilles Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phœbus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth