Poetical Works, to which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J.Woodward, 1836 |
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Page xxiv
... vain . But Pope's irascibility prevailed , and he re- solved to tell the whole English world that he was himself , as he expresses it , " going down the hill . " at war with Cibber ; and , to show that he thought He had for at least ...
... vain . But Pope's irascibility prevailed , and he re- solved to tell the whole English world that he was himself , as he expresses it , " going down the hill . " at war with Cibber ; and , to show that he thought He had for at least ...
Page 53
... vain on father Thames she calls for aid , Nor could Diana help her injured maid . Faint , breathless , thus she pray'd , nor pray'd in vain : Ah , Cynthia ! ah - though banish'd from thy train , Let me , O let me , to the shades repair ...
... vain on father Thames she calls for aid , Nor could Diana help her injured maid . Faint , breathless , thus she pray'd , nor pray'd in vain : Ah , Cynthia ! ah - though banish'd from thy train , Let me , O let me , to the shades repair ...
Page 63
... vain to mend . THE RAPE OF THE LOCK . AN HEROI - COMICAL POEM . Written in the Year 1712 . TO MRS . ARABELLA FERMOR . MADAM , If this poem had as many graces as there are in your person or in your mind , yet I could never hope it should ...
... vain to mend . THE RAPE OF THE LOCK . AN HEROI - COMICAL POEM . Written in the Year 1712 . TO MRS . ARABELLA FERMOR . MADAM , If this poem had as many graces as there are in your person or in your mind , yet I could never hope it should ...
Page 68
... vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane :) With earnest eyes , and round unthinking face , He first the snuff - box open'd , then the case , And thus broke out : - My Lord , why , what the devil ? Zds ! damn the lock : ' fore Gad ...
... vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane :) With earnest eyes , and round unthinking face , He first the snuff - box open'd , then the case , And thus broke out : - My Lord , why , what the devil ? Zds ! damn the lock : ' fore Gad ...
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... vain he loved relentless Pyrrha scorn'd : But when from hence he plunged into the main , Deucalion scorn'd , and Pyrrha loved in vain . Haste , Sappho , haste , from high Leucadia throw Thy wretched weight , nor dread the deeps below ...
... vain he loved relentless Pyrrha scorn'd : But when from hence he plunged into the main , Deucalion scorn'd , and Pyrrha loved in vain . Haste , Sappho , haste , from high Leucadia throw Thy wretched weight , nor dread the deeps below ...
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