The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with Life of the Author and Notes by J. LuptonMacmillan & Company, 1869 - 505 pages |
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... rise above the level of the remainder . The play was however damned on account of the extravagant nonsense of its last act , in which two lovers insert themselves respectively into the skins of a mummy and a crocodile . The Rehearsal ...
... rise above the level of the remainder . The play was however damned on account of the extravagant nonsense of its last act , in which two lovers insert themselves respectively into the skins of a mummy and a crocodile . The Rehearsal ...
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... rise , and haste to yonder woodbine bow'rs , A soft retreat from sudden vernal show'rs , The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd , While op'ning blooms diffuse their sweets around . For see the gath'ring flocks to shelter tend ...
... rise , and haste to yonder woodbine bow'rs , A soft retreat from sudden vernal show'rs , The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd , While op'ning blooms diffuse their sweets around . For see the gath'ring flocks to shelter tend ...
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... rise , And all things flourish where you turn your eyes ' . Oh ! how I long with you to pass my days , Invoke the Muses , and resound your praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in ev'ry grove2 , And winds shall waft it to the pow ...
... rise , And all things flourish where you turn your eyes ' . Oh ! how I long with you to pass my days , Invoke the Muses , and resound your praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in ev'ry grove2 , And winds shall waft it to the pow ...
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... rise Lose the low vales , and steal into the skies : While lab'ring oxen , spent with toil and heat , In their loose traces from the field retreat : While curling smokes from village - tops are seen , And the fleet shades glide o'er the ...
... rise Lose the low vales , and steal into the skies : While lab'ring oxen , spent with toil and heat , In their loose traces from the field retreat : While curling smokes from village - tops are seen , And the fleet shades glide o'er the ...
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... rise th ' expected morn ! Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe , be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forests on the ...
... rise th ' expected morn ! Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe , be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forests on the ...
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