The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... 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 rumour ...
... 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 rumour ...
Page xii
... throne the planets glow , And stars unnumber'd trembling beams bestow : Around her throne the vivid planets roll , And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; Clear gleams of light o'er the dark trees are seen , o'er the dark trees a ...
... throne the planets glow , And stars unnumber'd trembling beams bestow : Around her throne the vivid planets roll , And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; Clear gleams of light o'er the dark trees are seen , o'er the dark trees a ...
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... throne of David , and upon his king . dom , to order and to establish it , with judgment and with justice , for ever and ever . ' Ver . 23. See , Nature hastes , & c . ] Virg . Ecl . iv . ver . 18 . At tibi prima , puer , nullo ...
... throne of David , and upon his king . dom , to order and to establish it , with judgment and with justice , for ever and ever . ' Ver . 23. See , Nature hastes , & c . ] Virg . Ecl . iv . ver . 18 . At tibi prima , puer , nullo ...
Page 54
... throne the sea - born brothers stood , There the last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue . Who swell with tributary urns his flood . O early lost ! what tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping ...
... throne the sea - born brothers stood , There the last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue . Who swell with tributary urns his flood . O early lost ! what tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping ...
Page 65
... throne . ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers ...
... throne . ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair , Not a less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers ...
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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