The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... rage , in that ill - omen'd hour ; anger fatal , hapless Phœbus himself the dire debate procured , fierce T'avenge the wrongs his injured priest endured ; For this the God a dire infection spread , And heap'd the camp with millions of ...
... rage , in that ill - omen'd hour ; anger fatal , hapless Phœbus himself the dire debate procured , fierce T'avenge the wrongs his injured priest endured ; For this the God a dire infection spread , And heap'd the camp with millions of ...
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... rage , and warms with all her fires ; force , O'er all the Greeks decrees his fame to raise , Above the Greeks her warrior's fame to raise , his deathless And crown her hero with immortal praise : distinguish'd Bright from his beamy ...
... rage , and warms with all her fires ; force , O'er all the Greeks decrees his fame to raise , Above the Greeks her warrior's fame to raise , his deathless And crown her hero with immortal praise : distinguish'd Bright from his beamy ...
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... rage is less properly intro- duced after the mention of mildness and gentleness , At the third couplet I should wish the epitaph to close , but that I should be unwilling to lose the two next lines , which yet are dearly bought if they ...
... rage is less properly intro- duced after the mention of mildness and gentleness , At the third couplet I should wish the epitaph to close , but that I should be unwilling to lose the two next lines , which yet are dearly bought if they ...
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... rage ) ' Knights , squires , and steeds , must enter on the stage . ' ' So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain .'— " Then build a new , or act it on a plain . ' Thus critics of less judgment than caprice , Curious , not knowing ...
... rage ) ' Knights , squires , and steeds , must enter on the stage . ' ' So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain .'— " Then build a new , or act it on a plain . ' Thus critics of less judgment than caprice , Curious , not knowing ...
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... rage on more provoking crimes , For rising merit will buoy up at last . Might he return and bless once more our eyes , New Blackmores and new Milbourns must arise ; Nay , should great Homer lift his awful head , Zoilus again would start ...
... rage on more provoking crimes , For rising merit will buoy up at last . Might he return and bless once more our eyes , New Blackmores and new Milbourns must arise ; Nay , should great Homer lift his awful head , Zoilus again would start ...
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