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 93
... monarch my commands obey , And give up Laius to the realms of day : Whose ghost yet shivering on Cocytus ' sand , Expects its passage to the farther strand ; Let the pale sire revisit Thebes , and bear These pleasing orders to the ...
... monarch my commands obey , And give up Laius to the realms of day : Whose ghost yet shivering on Cocytus ' sand , Expects its passage to the farther strand ; Let the pale sire revisit Thebes , and bear These pleasing orders to the ...
Page 94
... monarch pray'd Then to his inner court the guests convey'd : Where yet thin fumes from dying sparks arise , And dust yet white upon each altar lies , The relics of a former sacrifice . The king once more the solemn rites requires , And ...
... monarch pray'd Then to his inner court the guests convey'd : Where yet thin fumes from dying sparks arise , And dust yet white upon each altar lies , The relics of a former sacrifice . The king once more the solemn rites requires , And ...
Page 106
... monarch , warm'd a bear . While man exclaims , ' See all things for my use ! " See man for mine ! ' replies a pamper'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant that the ...
... monarch , warm'd a bear . While man exclaims , ' See all things for my use ! " See man for mine ! ' replies a pamper'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant that the ...
Page 107
... monarch reign , 120 Their separate cells and properties maintain . Mark what unvaried laws preserve each state ... monarchs , or as gods adored . ' 190 200 V. Great nature spoke ; observant man obey'd ; Cities were built ...
... monarch reign , 120 Their separate cells and properties maintain . Mark what unvaried laws preserve each state ... monarchs , or as gods adored . ' 190 200 V. Great nature spoke ; observant man obey'd ; Cities were built ...
Page 110
... monarch acts the monk , Or , cobbler - like , the parson will be drunk , Worth makes the man , and want of it the fellow . 200 If Calvin feel Heaven's blessing , or its rod , This cries , there is , and that , there is no God . 140 The ...
... monarch acts the monk , Or , cobbler - like , the parson will be drunk , Worth makes the man , and want of it the fellow . 200 If Calvin feel Heaven's blessing , or its rod , This cries , there is , and that , there is no God . 140 The ...
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