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... Trembling begins the sacred rites of Pride . Unnumber'd treasures ope at once , and here £ 30 The various off'rings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil , And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil ...
... Trembling begins the sacred rites of Pride . Unnumber'd treasures ope at once , and here £ 30 The various off'rings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil , And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil ...
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... trembling on the floating tides , While melting music steals upon the sky , 50 And soften'd sounds along the waters die . Smooth flow the waves , the zephyrs gently play , Belinda smil'd , and all the world was gay . All but the Sylph ...
... trembling on the floating tides , While melting music steals upon the sky , 50 And soften'd sounds along the waters die . Smooth flow the waves , the zephyrs gently play , Belinda smil'd , and all the world was gay . All but the Sylph ...
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... 'd flow'r ; Or , as Ixion fix'd , the wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling mill , 106. Pope repeats this anti - climax in canto iii . 159 . In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And tremble THE RAPE OF THE LOCK . 21.
... 'd flow'r ; Or , as Ixion fix'd , the wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling mill , 106. Pope repeats this anti - climax in canto iii . 159 . In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And tremble THE RAPE OF THE LOCK . 21.
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... tremble at the sea that froths below ! " 135 He spoke ; the spirits from the sails descend . Some , orb in orb ... trembling for the birth of Fate . CANTO III . CLOSE by those meads , for ever crown'd with flow'rs Where Thames with ...
... tremble at the sea that froths below ! " 135 He spoke ; the spirits from the sails descend . Some , orb in orb ... trembling for the birth of Fate . CANTO III . CLOSE by those meads , for ever crown'd with flow'rs Where Thames with ...
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... trembles at th ' approaching ill , Just in the jaws of ruin , and Codille . And now ( as oft in some distemper'd state ) On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate ; 95 An Ace of Hearts steps forth ; The King unseen Lurk'd in her hand ...
... trembles at th ' approaching ill , Just in the jaws of ruin , and Codille . And now ( as oft in some distemper'd state ) On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate ; 95 An Ace of Hearts steps forth ; The King unseen Lurk'd in her hand ...
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Page 23 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great Anna ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th...
Page 24 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 31 - Dreadful, as hermits' dreams in haunted shades, Or bright, as visions of expiring maids. Now glaring fiends, and snakes on rolling spires...
Page 91 - Pope. Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love?
Page 47 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 23 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
Page 54 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 47 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 46 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 46 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.