The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page 91
... soul , the brothers start from rest , And all their furies wake within their breast . Their tortured minds repining envy tears , And hate engender'd by suspicious fears ; And sacred thirst of sway ; and all the ties Of nature broke ...
... soul , the brothers start from rest , And all their furies wake within their breast . Their tortured minds repining envy tears , And hate engender'd by suspicious fears ; And sacred thirst of sway ; and all the ties Of nature broke ...
Page 102
... soul , uneasy , and confined from home , Rests and expatiates on a life to come . 90 Who knows , but he whose hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms , Pours fierce ambition in a C¿sar's mind , Or ...
... soul , uneasy , and confined from home , Rests and expatiates on a life to come . 90 Who knows , but he whose hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms , Pours fierce ambition in a C¿sar's mind , Or ...
Page 103
... soul to share , But what his nature and his state can bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics given , To inspect a mite , not comprehend the heaven ? Or ...
... soul to share , But what his nature and his state can bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics given , To inspect a mite , not comprehend the heaven ? Or ...
Page 104
... soul ; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole . Man , but for that , no action could attend , And , but for this , were active to no end : Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot , To draw nutrition , propagate , and rot ; Or ...
... soul ; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole . Man , but for that , no action could attend , And , but for this , were active to no end : Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot , To draw nutrition , propagate , and rot ; Or ...
Page 105
... soul : Whatever warms the heart , or fills the head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread , Imagination plies her dangerous art , And pours it all upon the peccant part . Nature its mother , habit is its nurse ; Wit , spirit ...
... soul : Whatever warms the heart , or fills the head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread , Imagination plies her dangerous art , And pours it all upon the peccant part . Nature its mother , habit is its nurse ; Wit , spirit ...
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