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 xi
... o'er yon devoted wall , hangs And nodding Ilium waits th ' impending fall . Invocation to the catalogue of Ships . Say , Virgins , seated round the throne divine , Al - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions ...
... o'er yon devoted wall , hangs And nodding Ilium waits th ' impending fall . Invocation to the catalogue of Ships . Say , Virgins , seated round the throne divine , Al - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions ...
Page xii
... o'er the dark trees are seen , o'er the dark trees a yellow sheds , O'er the dark trees a yellower green they shed , gleam verdure And tip with silver all the mountain heads forest And tip with silver every mountain's head , The valleys ...
... o'er the dark trees are seen , o'er the dark trees a yellow sheds , O'er the dark trees a yellower green they shed , gleam verdure And tip with silver all the mountain heads forest And tip with silver every mountain's head , The valleys ...
Page 52
... o'er ; The hollow winds through naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twined ; O'er heaps of ruins stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires , And savage howlings fill the sacred quires . Awed ...
... o'er ; The hollow winds through naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twined ; O'er heaps of ruins stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires , And savage howlings fill the sacred quires . Awed ...
Page 53
... o'er the lawns , the forest walks surround , Rouse the fleet hart , and cheer the opening hound . The impatient courser pants in every vein , And , pawing , seems to beat the distant plain : Hills , vales , and floods appear already ...
... o'er the lawns , the forest walks surround , Rouse the fleet hart , and cheer the opening hound . The impatient courser pants in every vein , And , pawing , seems to beat the distant plain : Hills , vales , and floods appear already ...
Page 55
... O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans , And cries of tortured ghosts : But , hark ! he strikes the golden lyre : And see ! the tortured ghosts ...
... O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans , And cries of tortured ghosts : But , hark ! he strikes the golden lyre : And see ! the tortured ghosts ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous 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 Menelaus mighty mind monarch mortal night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam pride prince proud Pylian 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