The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... shining or emi- subjects , he must be forgiven if he sometimes wan nent peculiarities ; yet that which really makes , though not the splendour , the felicity of life , and that which every wise man will choose for his final , and ...
... shining or emi- subjects , he must be forgiven if he sometimes wan nent peculiarities ; yet that which really makes , though not the splendour , the felicity of life , and that which every wise man will choose for his final , and ...
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... shining plumes unfold , His painted wings , and breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet , when moist Arcturus clouds the sky , The woods and fields their pleasing toils deny . To plains with well - breathed beagles we repair , And trace ...
... shining plumes unfold , His painted wings , and breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet , when moist Arcturus clouds the sky , The woods and fields their pleasing toils deny . To plains with well - breathed beagles we repair , And trace ...
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... shining volumes roll'd , The yellow carp , in scales bedropp'd with gold , Swift trouts , diversified with crimson stains , And pikes , the tyrants of the watery plains . Now Cancer glows with Phœbus ' fiery car : The youth rush eager ...
... shining volumes roll'd , The yellow carp , in scales bedropp'd with gold , Swift trouts , diversified with crimson stains , And pikes , the tyrants of the watery plains . Now Cancer glows with Phœbus ' fiery car : The youth rush eager ...
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... shining page , Stretch his long triumphs down through every age ; Draw monarchs chain'd , and Cressi's glorious field , The lilies blazing on the regal shield ! Then , from her roofs when Verrio's colours fall , And leave inanimate the ...
... shining page , Stretch his long triumphs down through every age ; Draw monarchs chain'd , and Cressi's glorious field , The lilies blazing on the regal shield ! Then , from her roofs when Verrio's colours fall , And leave inanimate the ...
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... shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! But when through all the infernal bounds , Which flaming Plegethon surrounds , Love , strong as death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead ...
... shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! But when through all the infernal bounds , Which flaming Plegethon surrounds , Love , strong as death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead ...
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