The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... ev'n Homer blam'd ! But to this Genius , join'd with fo much Art , Such various Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . VOL . I. a 5 10 15 And And yet fo wonderful ...
... ev'n Homer blam'd ! But to this Genius , join'd with fo much Art , Such various Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . VOL . I. a 5 10 15 And And yet fo wonderful ...
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... ry plains : Thy jufter lays the lucid wave surpass , 20 The living scene is in the Mufe's glass . 25 Nor fweeter ... ev'ry line . How sudden trees rife to the reader's fight , And make a doubtful scene of shade and light , And give ...
... ry plains : Thy jufter lays the lucid wave surpass , 20 The living scene is in the Mufe's glass . 25 Nor fweeter ... ev'ry line . How sudden trees rife to the reader's fight , And make a doubtful scene of shade and light , And give ...
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... ev'ry feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the gen'rous courfer by , But while the prancing fteed allures my eye , He ftarts , he's gone ! and now I fee him fly O'er hills and dales , and now I lose the course , Nor can the ...
... ev'ry feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the gen'rous courfer by , But while the prancing fteed allures my eye , He ftarts , he's gone ! and now I fee him fly O'er hills and dales , and now I lose the course , Nor can the ...
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... ev'ry tender gale , Parent of flowrets , old Arcadia hail ! Here in the cool my limbs at ease I spread , Here let thy Poplars whisper o'er my head ! 25 30 35 40 Still flide thy waters , foft among the trees , Thy afpins quiver in a ...
... ev'ry tender gale , Parent of flowrets , old Arcadia hail ! Here in the cool my limbs at ease I spread , Here let thy Poplars whisper o'er my head ! 25 30 35 40 Still flide thy waters , foft among the trees , Thy afpins quiver in a ...
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... ev'ry Mufic varies in thy 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 ...
... ev'ry Mufic varies in thy 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 ...
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