The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1853 |
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... fame defend , And , more abusive , calls himself my friend : This prints my letters , that expects a bribe , And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , subscribe ! ” There are who to my person pay their court : I cough like IIorace ; and ...
... fame defend , And , more abusive , calls himself my friend : This prints my letters , that expects a bribe , And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , subscribe ! ” There are who to my person pay their court : I cough like IIorace ; and ...
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... fame , I lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came : I left no calling for this idle trade , No duty broke , no father disobey'd : The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend , not wife , To help me through this long disease my life , To ...
... fame , I lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came : I left no calling for this idle trade , No duty broke , no father disobey'd : The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend , not wife , To help me through this long disease my life , To ...
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... fame inspires , Bless'd with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne ; View him with ...
... fame inspires , Bless'd with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne ; View him with ...
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... fame ; Who can your merit selfishly approve , And show the sense of it without the love ; Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour , injur'd , to defend ; Who tells whate'er you think , whate'er you say , And , if he ...
... fame ; Who can your merit selfishly approve , And show the sense of it without the love ; Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour , injur'd , to defend ; Who tells whate'er you think , whate'er you say , And , if he ...
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... , And thought a lie in verse or prose the same ; That not in fancy's maze he wander'd long , But stoop'd to truth , and moraliz'd his song ; T The Pa For F P.A If He 1B That not for fame , but virtue's better end , 14 THE POEMS.
... , And thought a lie in verse or prose the same ; That not in fancy's maze he wander'd long , But stoop'd to truth , and moraliz'd his song ; T The Pa For F P.A If He 1B That not for fame , but virtue's better end , 14 THE POEMS.
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