The Works of Alexander Pope, 4. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... O'er the wide profpect as I gaz'd around , Sudden I heard a wild promifcuous found , Like broken thunders that at distance roar , Or billows murm'ring on the hollow shore : 15 20 VER . 11 , & c . ] These verses are hinted from the fol ...
... O'er the wide profpect as I gaz'd around , Sudden I heard a wild promifcuous found , Like broken thunders that at distance roar , Or billows murm'ring on the hollow shore : 15 20 VER . 11 , & c . ] These verses are hinted from the fol ...
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... o'er the coaft ; Pale funs , unfelt , at diftance roll away , And on th ' impaffive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal fnows the growing mafs fupply , ' Till the bright mountains prop th ' incumbent sky : As Atlas fix'd , each hoary pile ...
... o'er the coaft ; Pale funs , unfelt , at diftance roll away , And on th ' impaffive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal fnows the growing mafs fupply , ' Till the bright mountains prop th ' incumbent sky : As Atlas fix'd , each hoary pile ...
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... Chariot . The pollure of his itatue , in thefe veríes , is correfpondent to the defcription which Herodotus gives of one of them remaining in his own time . There Of Gothic ftructure was the northern fide , O'er - 10 The TEMPLE of FAME .
... Chariot . The pollure of his itatue , in thefe veríes , is correfpondent to the defcription which Herodotus gives of one of them remaining in his own time . There Of Gothic ftructure was the northern fide , O'er - 10 The TEMPLE of FAME .
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Alexander Pope. Of Gothic ftructure was the northern fide , O'er - wrought with ornaments of barb'rous pride . 120 There huge Coloffes rofe , with trophies crown'd , And Runic characters were grav'd around . There fate Zamolxis with ...
Alexander Pope. Of Gothic ftructure was the northern fide , O'er - wrought with ornaments of barb'rous pride . 120 There huge Coloffes rofe , with trophies crown'd , And Runic characters were grav'd around . There fate Zamolxis with ...
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... o'er each object cafting various dyes , Enlarges fome , and others multiplies : Nor void of emblem was the mystic wall , For thus romantic Fame increases all . The Temple shakes , the founding gates unfold , Wide vaults appear , and ...
... o'er each object cafting various dyes , Enlarges fome , and others multiplies : Nor void of emblem was the mystic wall , For thus romantic Fame increases all . The Temple shakes , the founding gates unfold , Wide vaults appear , and ...
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