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 52
... Monarch's and the Muses ' seats , Invite my lays . Be present , sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs , and open all ... monarchs heard the subjects ' cries , Nor saw displeased the peaceful cottage rise . Then gathering flocks on ...
... Monarch's and the Muses ' seats , Invite my lays . Be present , sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs , and open all ... monarchs heard the subjects ' cries , Nor saw displeased the peaceful cottage rise . Then gathering flocks on ...
Page 61
... monarch's care ; Seldom at council , never in a war : When first that sun too powerful beams displays , 470 Jilts rul'd the state , and statesmen farces writ : It draws up vapours which obscure its rays ; But e'en those clouds at last ...
... monarch's care ; Seldom at council , never in a war : When first that sun too powerful beams displays , 470 Jilts rul'd the state , and statesmen farces writ : It draws up vapours which obscure its rays ; But e'en those clouds at last ...
Page 84
... earth with genial beams . It so befell , in that fair morning - tide , The fairies sported on the garden - side , And in the midst their monarch and his bride . Not frantic mothers , when their infants die , With 84 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
... earth with genial beams . It so befell , in that fair morning - tide , The fairies sported on the garden - side , And in the midst their monarch and his bride . Not frantic mothers , when their infants die , With 84 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
Page 85
... monarch never saw the sun ; All wealth , all honours , the supreme degree Of earthly bliss , was well bestow'd on thee ! For sagely hast thou said : " Of all mankind , One only just and righteous hope to find : He ceased at last his ...
... monarch never saw the sun ; All wealth , all honours , the supreme degree Of earthly bliss , was well bestow'd on thee ! For sagely hast thou said : " Of all mankind , One only just and righteous hope to find : He ceased at last his ...
Page 91
... monarch of a hasty year Trembled , and shook the heavens and gods he bore . Before the sleepless tyrant's guarded gate ; Now from beneath Malea's airy height Aloft she sprung , and steer'd to Thebes her flight ; With eager speed the ...
... monarch of a hasty year Trembled , and shook the heavens and gods he bore . Before the sleepless tyrant's guarded gate ; Now from beneath Malea's airy height Aloft she sprung , and steer'd to Thebes her flight ; With eager speed the ...
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