The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... thee . The sultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains , While in thy heart eternal winter reigns . Where stray ye , muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides ...
... thee . The sultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains , While in thy heart eternal winter reigns . Where stray ye , muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides ...
Page 50
... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live ! THYRSIS . But see ! Orion sheds ...
... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall live ! THYRSIS . But see ! Orion sheds ...
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... thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee : Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall , like those they sung ; Deaf the praised ear , and mute the tuneful ...
... thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee : Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall , like those they sung ; Deaf the praised ear , and mute the tuneful ...
Page 72
... thee to the skies , But Mars on thee might look with Venus eyes . O scarce a youth , yet scarce a tender boy ! O useful time for lovers to employ ! Pride of thy age and glory of thy race , Come to these arms , and melt in this embrace ...
... thee to the skies , But Mars on thee might look with Venus eyes . O scarce a youth , yet scarce a tender boy ! O useful time for lovers to employ ! Pride of thy age and glory of thy race , Come to these arms , and melt in this embrace ...
Page 73
... thee , The gift , the giver , and the god agree . ' But why , alas ! relentless youth , ah why To distant seas must tender Sappho fly ? Thy charms than those may far more powerful be , And Phœbus ' self is less a god to me . Ah ! canst ...
... thee , The gift , the giver , and the god agree . ' But why , alas ! relentless youth , ah why To distant seas must tender Sappho fly ? Thy charms than those may far more powerful be , And Phœbus ' self is less a god to me . Ah ! canst ...
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