The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of some paricular lines . I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer , as the power of rejecting his own thoughts ; and it must be this ...
... lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of some paricular lines . I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer , as the power of rejecting his own thoughts ; and it must be this ...
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... line . How sudden trees rife to the reader's fight , And make a doubtful scene of shade and light , And give at once the day , at once the night ! a 3 you 30 35 } And 40 And here again what sweet confufion reigns , In ( xxi )
... line . How sudden trees rife to the reader's fight , And make a doubtful scene of shade and light , And give at once the day , at once the night ! a 3 you 30 35 } And 40 And here again what sweet confufion reigns , In ( xxi )
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... line , or hear the thund'ring gun . 75 Ah ! how I melt with pity , when I spy On the cold earth the flutt'ring Pheasant lie ; His gaudy robes in dazling lines appear , And ev'ry feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the gen ...
... line , or hear the thund'ring gun . 75 Ah ! how I melt with pity , when I spy On the cold earth the flutt'ring Pheasant lie ; His gaudy robes in dazling lines appear , And ev'ry feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the gen ...
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... lines require ? What Mufic tune them , what Affection fire ? O might thy Genius in my bofom shine ! Thou should'it not fail of numbers worthy thine ; The brightest Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee ...
... lines require ? What Mufic tune them , what Affection fire ? O might thy Genius in my bofom shine ! Thou should'it not fail of numbers worthy thine ; The brightest Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee ...
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... lines ! 65 Still , as I read , I feel my bosom beat , And rise in raptures by another's heat . Thus in the wood , when fummer drefs'd the days While Windfor lent us tuneful hours of ease , 79 Our ears the lark , the thrush , the turtle ...
... lines ! 65 Still , as I read , I feel my bosom beat , And rise in raptures by another's heat . Thus in the wood , when fummer drefs'd the days While Windfor lent us tuneful hours of ease , 79 Our ears the lark , the thrush , the turtle ...
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