The Works of Alexander Pope, 4. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... skies ; The whole creation open to my eyes : In air felf - ballanc'd hung the globe below , Where mountains rife , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks , and empty wastes were seen , There tow'ry cities , and the forefts green ...
... skies ; The whole creation open to my eyes : In air felf - ballanc'd hung the globe below , Where mountains rife , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks , and empty wastes were seen , There tow'ry cities , and the forefts green ...
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... skies . The Eastern front was glorious to behold , With diamond flaming , and Barbaric gold . 85 90 There Ninus fhone , who fpread th ' Affyrian fame , 95 And the great founder of the Perfian name : There in long robes the royal Magi ...
... skies . The Eastern front was glorious to behold , With diamond flaming , and Barbaric gold . 85 90 There Ninus fhone , who fpread th ' Affyrian fame , 95 And the great founder of the Perfian name : There in long robes the royal Magi ...
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... skies : Scarce to the top I stretch'd my aking fight , So large it spread , and fwell'd to fuch a height . Full in the midft proud Fame's imperial feat With jewels blaz'd , magnificently great ; The vivid em'ralds there revive the eye ...
... skies : Scarce to the top I stretch'd my aking fight , So large it spread , and fwell'd to fuch a height . Full in the midft proud Fame's imperial feat With jewels blaz'd , magnificently great ; The vivid em'ralds there revive the eye ...
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... skies . VER . 294. Some fhe difgrac'd , & c . ] And fome of them fhe granted fone , And fome he warned well and fair , And fome fhe granted the contrair Right as her fifler dame Fortune Is wont to ferve in commune , At At ev'ry breath ...
... skies . VER . 294. Some fhe difgrac'd , & c . ] And fome of them fhe granted fone , And fome he warned well and fair , And fome fhe granted the contrair Right as her fifler dame Fortune Is wont to ferve in commune , At At ev'ry breath ...
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... was : And gan this trump for to blowe , As all the world should overthrowe . Throughout every regione Went this foul trumpet's foune , The pois'nous vapour blots the purple skies , And withers Swift 24 The TEMPLE of FAME .
... was : And gan this trump for to blowe , As all the world should overthrowe . Throughout every regione Went this foul trumpet's foune , The pois'nous vapour blots the purple skies , And withers Swift 24 The TEMPLE of FAME .
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