The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeBernh. Tauchnitz Jun, 1848 - 305 pages |
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... honoured by posterity . In every col- lection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this pre- ference to what some critics have objected to him , namely , that he ...
... honoured by posterity . In every col- lection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this pre- ference to what some critics have objected to him , namely , that he ...
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... honour , therefore , of advancing English poetry one important step towards perfection , by refining its language , and smoothing the way towards those efforts of the sublime and the pathetic , which before his time were obscured by ...
... honour , therefore , of advancing English poetry one important step towards perfection , by refining its language , and smoothing the way towards those efforts of the sublime and the pathetic , which before his time were obscured by ...
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... honours scatter'd on her bier . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie ; With her they flourish'd , and with her they die . Ah ! what avail the beauties nature wore ? Fair Daphne's dead , and beauty is no more ! For her the ...
... honours scatter'd on her bier . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie ; With her they flourish'd , and with her they die . Ah ! what avail the beauties nature wore ? Fair Daphne's dead , and beauty is no more ! For her the ...
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... honour , and thy praise , shall live ! But see , THYRSIS . Orion sheds unwholesome dews . Arise , the pines a noxious shade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and Nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must Time obey . Adieu , ye ...
... honour , and thy praise , shall live ! But see , THYRSIS . Orion sheds unwholesome dews . Arise , the pines a noxious shade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and Nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must Time obey . Adieu , ye ...
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... honours : the time draws nigh , O beloved offspring of the gods ! O great increase of Jove ! The uncultivated mountains send shouts of joy to the stars ; the very rocks sing in verse ; the very shrubs cry out , A God , a God ...
... honours : the time draws nigh , O beloved offspring of the gods ! O great increase of Jove ! The uncultivated mountains send shouts of joy to the stars ; the very rocks sing in verse ; the very shrubs cry out , A God , a God ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient beauty behold bless bless'd bliss blush breast breath bright Cæsar charms courser cried crown'd Cynthus DAPHNIS dear death e'en e'er earth ease eclogue ELOISA TO ABELARD EPISTLE eternal Eurydice eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flowers fool gentle glory Gnome gold grace groves happy heart Heaven honour kings knave learn'd learning live lord Lord Bolingbroke lyre maid mankind mind mortal mourn muse nature ne'er night numbers nymph o'er once pain pass'd passion pastoral plain pleased pleasure poets Pope praise pride proud rage reason rise rules sacred Sappho Semichorus sense shade shine sighs sing skies smiling soft soul swell Sylphs tears Thalestris thee Theocritus thine thou thought trees trembling Umbriel Virgil virgin virtue Westminster Abbey wife William Trumbull winds wise youth