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
... round the throne divine , Al - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by ...
... round the throne divine , Al - knowing Goddesses ! immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by ...
Page xxxii
... round stone ; The huge round stone , resulting with a bound , Thunders impetuous down , and smokes along the ground Who does not perceive the stone to move slowly upward , and roll violently back ? But set the same numbers to another ...
... round stone ; The huge round stone , resulting with a bound , Thunders impetuous down , and smokes along the ground Who does not perceive the stone to move slowly upward , and roll violently back ? But set the same numbers to another ...
Page 54
... round his urn : Here o'er the martyr - king the marble weeps , And , fast beside him , once - fear'd Edward sleeps : Whom not the extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The grave unites ; where e'en the ...
... round his urn : Here o'er the martyr - king the marble weeps , And , fast beside him , once - fear'd Edward sleeps : Whom not the extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The grave unites ; where e'en the ...
Page 55
... round , And men grew heroes at the sound , Inflamed with glory's charms : Each chief his sevenfold shield display'd And half unsheathed the shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! But when ...
... round , And men grew heroes at the sound , Inflamed with glory's charms : Each chief his sevenfold shield display'd And half unsheathed the shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! But when ...
Page 64
... round thee fly , The light militia of the lower sky : These , though unseen , are ever on the wing , Hang o'er the box , and hover round the ring . Think what an equipage thou hast in air , And view with scorn two pages and a chair . As ...
... round thee fly , The light militia of the lower sky : These , though unseen , are ever on the wing , Hang o'er the box , and hover round the ring . Think what an equipage thou hast in air , And view with scorn two pages and a chair . As ...
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