The Works of Alexander Pope, with His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements. With the Life of the Author, 2. köideD. Buchanan, 1804 - 332 pages |
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... o'er thy urn i Oh let me live my own , and die fo too ? ( To live and die is all I have to do ) : Maintain a poet's dignity and ease , And see what friends , and read what books I please Above a patron , though I condefcend Sometimes to ...
... o'er thy urn i Oh let me live my own , and die fo too ? ( To live and die is all I have to do ) : Maintain a poet's dignity and ease , And see what friends , and read what books I please Above a patron , though I condefcend Sometimes to ...
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... o'er my grotto , and but fooths my fleep . ( i ) There , my retreat the best companions grace , Chiefs out of war , and statesmen out of place . There St. JOHN mingles with my friendly bowl The feaft of reafon and the flow of foul : 125 ...
... o'er my grotto , and but fooths my fleep . ( i ) There , my retreat the best companions grace , Chiefs out of war , and statesmen out of place . There St. JOHN mingles with my friendly bowl The feaft of reafon and the flow of foul : 125 ...
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... o'er the garden - gates , In Life's cool ev'ning fatiate of applause , Nor ( e ) fond of bleeding , ev'n in BRUNSWICK's caufe . A voice there is that whispers in my ear , ' Tis Reafon's voice , which fometimes one can hear , EPISTOLA I ...
... o'er the garden - gates , In Life's cool ev'ning fatiate of applause , Nor ( e ) fond of bleeding , ev'n in BRUNSWICK's caufe . A voice there is that whispers in my ear , ' Tis Reafon's voice , which fometimes one can hear , EPISTOLA I ...
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... o'er , One fimile , that ( q ) folitary fhines In the dry defert of a thousand lines , IOS 110 Or ( r ) lengthen'd thought that gleams through many a page , Has fanctify'd whole poems for an age . ( s ) I lofe my patience , and I own it ...
... o'er , One fimile , that ( q ) folitary fhines In the dry defert of a thousand lines , IOS 110 Or ( r ) lengthen'd thought that gleams through many a page , Has fanctify'd whole poems for an age . ( s ) I lofe my patience , and I own it ...
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... o'er our Arms ; Britain to foft refinements lefs a foe , Wit grew polite , and ( 2 ) numbers learn'd to flow . Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe , the full refounding line , The long majeftic march , and ...
... o'er our Arms ; Britain to foft refinements lefs a foe , Wit grew polite , and ( 2 ) numbers learn'd to flow . Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe , the full refounding line , The long majeftic march , and ...
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