The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan. Methinks already I your tears survey , Already hear the horrid things they say , Already see you a degraded toast , And all your honour in a whisper lost ! How shall I , then , your helpless fame defend ...
Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan. Methinks already I your tears survey , Already hear the horrid things they say , Already see you a degraded toast , And all your honour in a whisper lost ! How shall I , then , your helpless fame defend ...
Page 74
... tears ; On her heaved bosom hung her drooping head , Which , with a sigh , she raised ; and thus she said : " For ever cursed be this detested day , Which snatch'd my best , my favourite curl away ! Happy ! ah , ten times happy had I ...
... tears ; On her heaved bosom hung her drooping head , Which , with a sigh , she raised ; and thus she said : " For ever cursed be this detested day , Which snatch'd my best , my favourite curl away ! Happy ! ah , ten times happy had I ...
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... tears ; But Fate and Jove had stopp'd the Baron's ears . In vain Thalestris with reproach assails , For who can move when fair Belinda fails ? Not half so fix'd the Trojan could remain , While Anna begg'd and Dido raged in vain . Then ...
... tears ; But Fate and Jove had stopp'd the Baron's ears . In vain Thalestris with reproach assails , For who can move when fair Belinda fails ? Not half so fix'd the Trojan could remain , While Anna begg'd and Dido raged in vain . Then ...
Page 77
... tears each eye o'erflows , And the high dome re - echoes to his nose . ' Now meet thy fate ! ' incensed Belinda cried , And drew a deadly bodkin from her side , ( The same , his ancient personage to deck , Her great - great - grandsire ...
... tears each eye o'erflows , And the high dome re - echoes to his nose . ' Now meet thy fate ! ' incensed Belinda cried , And drew a deadly bodkin from her side , ( The same , his ancient personage to deck , Her great - great - grandsire ...
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... tears of heirs , Cages for gnats , and chains to yoke a flea , Dried butterflies , and tomes of casuistry . But trust the Muse - she saw it upward rise , Though mark'd by none but quick , poetic eyes : ( So Rome's great founder to the ...
... tears of heirs , Cages for gnats , and chains to yoke a flea , Dried butterflies , and tomes of casuistry . But trust the Muse - she saw it upward rise , Though mark'd by none but quick , poetic eyes : ( So Rome's great founder to the ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient Bavius beauty bless'd blest bliss breast breath bright charms court cried critics crown'd Curll Cynthus divine Dunciad e'er earth ease Eclogues Elkanah Settle envy EPISTLE eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flowers fools genius glory Gnome grace groves happy head heart Heaven honour Horace Iliad kings knave laws learn'd live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind mortal Muse Muse's Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral peace plain pleased poem poet Pope Pope's praise pride proud rage reason rhyme rise sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spleen Sylphs taught tears Thalestris thee Theocritus things thou thought trembling truth Twas Umbriel VARIATIONS verse virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whate'er Whig wings write youth