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 48
... thou canst not cure . Ye shady beeches , and ye cooling streams , Defence from Phœbus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn ; nor to the deaf I sing ; The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my ...
... thou canst not cure . Ye shady beeches , and ye cooling streams , Defence from Phœbus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn ; nor to the deaf I sing ; The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my ...
Page 56
... thou now the fatal sisters move ? No crime was thine , if ' tis no crime to love . Now under hanging mountains Beside the falls of fountains , Or where Hebrus wanders , Rolling in meanders , All alone , Unheard , unknown , He makes his ...
... thou now the fatal sisters move ? No crime was thine , if ' tis no crime to love . Now under hanging mountains Beside the falls of fountains , Or where Hebrus wanders , Rolling in meanders , All alone , Unheard , unknown , He makes his ...
Page 70
... thou , false guardian of a charge too good , Thou mean deserter of thy brother's blood ! See on these ruby lips the trembling breath , These cheeks now fading at the blast of death ! Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before ...
... thou , false guardian of a charge too good , Thou mean deserter of thy brother's blood ! See on these ruby lips the trembling breath , These cheeks now fading at the blast of death ! Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before ...
Page 73
... thou doom me to the rocks and sea , O far more faithless , and more hard than they ? Ah ! canst thou rather see this tender breast Dash'd on these rocks , than to thy bosom press'd ? This breast , which once , in vain ! you liked so ...
... thou doom me to the rocks and sea , O far more faithless , and more hard than they ? Ah ! canst thou rather see this tender breast Dash'd on these rocks , than to thy bosom press'd ? This breast , which once , in vain ! you liked so ...
Page 74
... thou forget that sad , that solemn day , When victims at yon altar's foot we lay ? Canst thou forget what tears that moment fell , When , warm in youth , I bade the world farewell ? As with cold lips I kiss'd the sacred veil , The ...
... thou forget that sad , that solemn day , When victims at yon altar's foot we lay ? Canst thou forget what tears that moment fell , When , warm in youth , I bade the world farewell ? As with cold lips I kiss'd the sacred veil , The ...
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