The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,, 3. köideC. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... tears his frustrate labour yields , 55 And famish'd dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ? NOTES . Ver . 45. savage laws ] The Forest Laws . See the account ...
... tears his frustrate labour yields , 55 And famish'd dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or subject slain Were equal crimes in a despotic reign ? NOTES . Ver . 45. savage laws ] The Forest Laws . See the account ...
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... tears she lay , In a soft , silver stream dissolv'd away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , 205 For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she rang'd ...
... tears she lay , In a soft , silver stream dissolv'd away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , 205 For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she rang'd ...
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... tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ? His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire , And on his willows hung each Muse's lyre . NOTES . 275 Ver . 271. majestic Denham ] Pope , by the expression of " ma- jestic ...
... tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ? His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire , And on his willows hung each Muse's lyre . NOTES . 275 Ver . 271. majestic Denham ] Pope , by the expression of " ma- jestic ...
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... tears she lay , In a soft , silver stream dissolv'd away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , 205 For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she rang'd ...
... tears she lay , In a soft , silver stream dissolv'd away . The silver stream her virgin coldness keeps , 205 For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she rang'd ...
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... tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ? His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire , And on his willows hung each Muse's lyre . NOTES . 275 Ver . 271. majestic Denham ] Pope , by the expression of " ma- jestic ...
... tears the river shed , When the sad pomp along his banks was led ? His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire , And on his willows hung each Muse's lyre . NOTES . 275 Ver . 271. majestic Denham ] Pope , by the expression of " ma- jestic ...
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