The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander PopeLeavitt & Allen, 1848 - 480 pages |
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... planet where to roll , Describe or fix one movement of the soul ? Who mark'd their points to rise , or to descend , Explain his own beginning , or his end ? 40 50 60 Fix'd like a plant on hi To draw nutrition , ESSAY ON MAN . 23.
... planet where to roll , Describe or fix one movement of the soul ? Who mark'd their points to rise , or to descend , Explain his own beginning , or his end ? 40 50 60 Fix'd like a plant on hi To draw nutrition , ESSAY ON MAN . 23.
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... fix'd : ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; But strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul ; Parts it may ravage , but preserves the whole . On life's vast ocean ...
... fix'd : ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; But strength of mind is exercise , not rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul ; Parts it may ravage , but preserves the whole . On life's vast ocean ...
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... fix'd , ' twas on what plant it pleased , And where it fix'd , the beauteous bird I seized ; Rose or carnation was below my care ; I meddle , goddess ! only in my sphere . I tell the naked fact without disguise , And to excuse it , need ...
... fix'd , ' twas on what plant it pleased , And where it fix'd , the beauteous bird I seized ; Rose or carnation was below my care ; I meddle , goddess ! only in my sphere . I tell the naked fact without disguise , And to excuse it , need ...
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