The Works of Alexander Pope, 4. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... fix'd , each hoary pile appears , The gather'd winter of a thousand years . 60 On this foundation Fame's high temple stands ; Stupendous pile ! not rear'd by mortal hands . Whate'er proud Rome , or artful Greece beheld , Or elder ...
... fix'd , each hoary pile appears , The gather'd winter of a thousand years . 60 On this foundation Fame's high temple stands ; Stupendous pile ! not rear'd by mortal hands . Whate'er proud Rome , or artful Greece beheld , Or elder ...
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... fix'd a rev'rend eye , Great without pride , in modest majesty . In living sculpture on the fides were spread The Latian wars , and haughty Turnus dead ; VER . 196 , & C . ] There faw I stand on a pillere That was of tinned iron clere ...
... fix'd a rev'rend eye , Great without pride , in modest majesty . In living sculpture on the fides were spread The Latian wars , and haughty Turnus dead ; VER . 196 , & C . ] There faw I stand on a pillere That was of tinned iron clere ...
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... fix'd in thought the mighty Stagyrite ; His facred head a radiant Zodiac crown'd , And various Animals his fides surround ; His piercing eyes , erect , appear to view Superiour worlds , and look all Nature thro ' . 235 With equal rays ...
... fix'd in thought the mighty Stagyrite ; His facred head a radiant Zodiac crown'd , And various Animals his fides surround ; His piercing eyes , erect , appear to view Superiour worlds , and look all Nature thro ' . 235 With equal rays ...
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... fix'd , they sing ; For Fame they raise the voice , and tune the string ; VER . 259. Scarce seem'd her ftature , & c . ] Methought that she was so lite , That the length of a cubite , Was longer than she seemed be ; But thus foone in a ...
... fix'd , they sing ; For Fame they raise the voice , and tune the string ; VER . 259. Scarce seem'd her ftature , & c . ] Methought that she was so lite , That the length of a cubite , Was longer than she seemed be ; But thus foone in a ...
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... fix'd my doom , And gave to Venus all my life to come ; Or while my Muse in melting notes complains , My yielding heart keeps measure to my strains . By charms like thine which all my foul have won , Who might not - ah ! who would not ...
... fix'd my doom , And gave to Venus all my life to come ; Or while my Muse in melting notes complains , My yielding heart keeps measure to my strains . By charms like thine which all my foul have won , Who might not - ah ! who would not ...
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