The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 - English literature |
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... , facred Bard ! a Mufe unknown before HALL Salutes thee from the bleak Atlantic shore . To our dark world thy fhining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own . The Eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And ( xxviii )
... , facred Bard ! a Mufe unknown before HALL Salutes thee from the bleak Atlantic shore . To our dark world thy fhining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own . The Eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And ( xxviii )
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... thee , fhall please ev'n Britons more Than all their fhouts for Victory before . 96 Oh ! could Britannia imitate thy ftream , The World should tremble at her awful name : τόσ From various springs divided waters glide , In diff'rent ...
... thee , fhall please ev'n Britons more Than all their fhouts for Victory before . 96 Oh ! could Britannia imitate thy ftream , The World should tremble at her awful name : τόσ From various springs divided waters glide , In diff'rent ...
Page xxxiii
... thee to hear ? Reply'd the God ; " Your loftieft notes employ , 5 " To fing young Peleus , and the fall of Troy . " The wond'rous fong with rapture they rehearse Then ask who wrought that miracle of verse ? He answer'd with a frown ...
... thee to hear ? Reply'd the God ; " Your loftieft notes employ , 5 " To fing young Peleus , and the fall of Troy . " The wond'rous fong with rapture they rehearse Then ask who wrought that miracle of verse ? He answer'd with a frown ...
Page xxxv
... thee . ΙΟ Horace himself would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor Foreft fees a gliding stream : On filver feet , with annual Ofier crown'd , She runs for ...
... thee . ΙΟ Horace himself would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor Foreft fees a gliding stream : On filver feet , with annual Ofier crown'd , She runs for ...
Page xxxvi
... thee near him might be fond to chuse . How might he tune th ' alternate reed with thee , Perhaps a Strephon thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , 35 Thinks he deserves , and thou deserv'ft the Prize ? Rapt ...
... thee near him might be fond to chuse . How might he tune th ' alternate reed with thee , Perhaps a Strephon thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , 35 Thinks he deserves , and thou deserv'ft the Prize ? Rapt ...
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