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
... Hear how the birds , on every bloomy spray , With joyous music wake the dawning day ! Why sit we mute , when early linnets sing , When warbling Philomel salutes the spring ? Why sit we sad , when Phosphor shines so clear , And lavish ...
... Hear how the birds , on every bloomy spray , With joyous music wake the dawning day ! Why sit we mute , when early linnets sing , When warbling Philomel salutes the spring ? Why sit we sad , when Phosphor shines so clear , And lavish ...
Page 48
... Hear what from love unpractised hearts endure , From love , the sole disease thou canst not cure . Ye shady beeches , and ye cooling streams , Defence from Phœbus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn ; nor to the deaf I sing ...
... Hear what from love unpractised hearts endure , From love , the sole disease thou canst not cure . Ye shady beeches , and ye cooling streams , Defence from Phœbus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn ; nor to the deaf I sing ...
Page 51
... hear ; 45 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend , Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield , And the same hand that sow'd , shall reap the field . Isaiah , ch . xl . ver . 3 , 4 .- ' The voice of him that crieth and the calf ...
... hear ; 45 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend , Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield , And the same hand that sow'd , shall reap the field . Isaiah , ch . xl . ver . 3 , 4 .- ' The voice of him that crieth and the calf ...
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... Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , the immortal ...
... Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , the immortal ...
Page 64
... Hear , and believe ! thy own importance know , Nor bound thy narrow views to things below . Some secret truths , from learned pride conceal'd , To maids alone and children are reveal'd . What , though no credit doubting wits may give ...
... Hear , and believe ! thy own importance know , Nor bound thy narrow views to things below . Some secret truths , from learned pride conceal'd , To maids alone and children are reveal'd . What , though no credit doubting wits may give ...
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