The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, 2. köide |
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Prefents flow'd in a - pace : with fhow'rs of gold They made their court , like Jupiter of old , 65 If I but fmil'd , a fudden youth they found , And a new palfey feiz'd them when I frown'd . 70 Ye fov'reign wives ! give ear ...
Prefents flow'd in a - pace : with fhow'rs of gold They made their court , like Jupiter of old , 65 If I but fmil'd , a fudden youth they found , And a new palfey feiz'd them when I frown'd . 70 Ye fov'reign wives ! give ear ...
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34 What tho ' the ftars contract their heav'nly fpace , And crowd their fhining ranks to yield thee place ; Though all the fkies , ambitious of thy fway , Confpire to court thee from our world away ; Though Phoebus longs to mix his rays ...
34 What tho ' the ftars contract their heav'nly fpace , And crowd their fhining ranks to yield thee place ; Though all the fkies , ambitious of thy fway , Confpire to court thee from our world away ; Though Phoebus longs to mix his rays ...
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When thus the chiefs from diff'rent lands refort T ' Adraftus ' realms , and hospitable court ; The King furveys his guests with curious eyes , And views their arms and habit with furprise . 566 A lion's yellow fkin the Theban wears ...
When thus the chiefs from diff'rent lands refort T ' Adraftus ' realms , and hospitable court ; The King furveys his guests with curious eyes , And views their arms and habit with furprise . 566 A lion's yellow fkin the Theban wears ...
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Thus , feiz'd with facred fear , the monarch pray'd ; Then to his inner court the guests convey'd ; Where yet thin fumes from dying fparks arife , And dust yet white upon each altar lies , боо The relics of a former facrifice .
Thus , feiz'd with facred fear , the monarch pray'd ; Then to his inner court the guests convey'd ; Where yet thin fumes from dying fparks arife , And dust yet white upon each altar lies , боо The relics of a former facrifice .
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5 } ¥ His train obey , while all the courts around With noify care and various tumult found . Embroider'd purple clothes the golden beds ; This flave the floor , and that the table fpreads ; A third difpels the darkness of the night ,.
5 } ¥ His train obey , while all the courts around With noify care and various tumult found . Embroider'd purple clothes the golden beds ; This flave the floor , and that the table fpreads ; A third difpels the darkness of the night ,.
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