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 white . If to no charms thou wilt thy heart resign , Come here in crowds , and stare the strumpet down . But such as merit , such as equal thine , SAPPHO TO PHAON . From the fifteenth of Ovid's Epistles . ARGUMENT . By none ...
... shining white . If to no charms thou wilt thy heart resign , Come here in crowds , and stare the strumpet down . But such as merit , such as equal thine , SAPPHO TO PHAON . From the fifteenth of Ovid's Epistles . ARGUMENT . By none ...
Page 72
... shining sands below ; Shades all the banks , and seems itself a grove : Eternal greens the mossy margin grace , Watch'd by the sylvan genius of the place . Here as I lay , and swell'd with tears the flood , Before my sight a watery ...
... shining sands below ; Shades all the banks , and seems itself a grove : Eternal greens the mossy margin grace , Watch'd by the sylvan genius of the place . Here as I lay , and swell'd with tears the flood , Before my sight a watery ...
Page 76
... shining scene displays , The transient landscape now in clouds decays . O'er the wide prospect as I gaz'd around , Sudden I heard a wild promiscuous sound , Like broken thunders that at distance roar , Or billows murmuring on the hollow ...
... shining scene displays , The transient landscape now in clouds decays . O'er the wide prospect as I gaz'd around , Sudden I heard a wild promiscuous sound , Like broken thunders that at distance roar , Or billows murmuring on the hollow ...
Page 92
... shining synod of majestic gods Gilds with new lustre the divine abodes ; Heaven seems improved with a superior ray , And the bright arch reflects a double day . The monarch then his solemn silence broke , The still creation listen'd ...
... shining synod of majestic gods Gilds with new lustre the divine abodes ; Heaven seems improved with a superior ray , And the bright arch reflects a double day . The monarch then his solemn silence broke , The still creation listen'd ...
Page 95
... shining sword . And hell's dire monster back to hell restored . Be mine the vengeance , as the crime my own . ' ' Merit distress'd , impartial Heaven relieves : Unwelcome life relenting Phœbus gives : For not the vengeful power , that ...
... shining sword . And hell's dire monster back to hell restored . Be mine the vengeance , as the crime my own . ' ' Merit distress'd , impartial Heaven relieves : Unwelcome life relenting Phœbus gives : For not the vengeful power , that ...
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