The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and but boast we know ) Oh ! say what ...
... immortal nine ! Since Earth's wide regions , Heaven's unmeasured height , And Hell's abyss , hide nothing from your sight , ( We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and but boast we know ) Oh ! say what ...
Page xli
... immortal in any sense contrary to that in which he is mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON EDMUND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 If ...
... immortal in any sense contrary to that in which he is mortal . In the verses the thought is obvious , and the words night and light are too nearly allied . ON EDMUND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . Who died in the 19th Year of his Age , 1735 If ...
Page 53
... immortal huntress , and her virgin train , Nor envy , Windsor ! since thy shades have seen As bright a goddess , and as chaste a queen ; Whose care , like hers , protects the sylvan reign , The earth's fair light , and empress of the ...
... immortal huntress , and her virgin train , Nor envy , Windsor ! since thy shades have seen As bright a goddess , and as chaste a queen ; Whose care , like hers , protects the sylvan reign , The earth's fair light , and empress of the ...
Page 54
... immortal greens , Make Windsor hills in lofty numbers rise , And lift her turrets nearer to the skies ; To sing those honours you deserve to wear , And add new lustre to her silver star . Here noble Surrey felt the sacred rage , Surrey ...
... immortal greens , Make Windsor hills in lofty numbers rise , And lift her turrets nearer to the skies ; To sing those honours you deserve to wear , And add new lustre to her silver star . Here noble Surrey felt the sacred rage , Surrey ...
Page 56
... immortal powers incline their ear : Borne on the swelling notes our souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To bright Cecilia greater power ...
... immortal powers incline their ear : Borne on the swelling notes our souls aspire , While solemn airs improve the sacred fire ; And angels lean from heaven to hear . Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell : To bright Cecilia greater power ...
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