The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Theophilus Barrois junior, 1783 |
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... Juft fo immortal Maro held his head << : And when I die , be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago . Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown Dipt me in ink , my parents ' , or my own ? As yet a child , nor yet ...
... Juft fo immortal Maro held his head << : And when I die , be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago . Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown Dipt me in ink , my parents ' , or my own ? As yet a child , nor yet ...
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... Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And ftrains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a year , He , who ftill wanting , tho ' he lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet has nothing left : And he , who now to sense ...
... Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And ftrains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a year , He , who ftill wanting , tho ' he lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet has nothing left : And he , who now to sense ...
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Alexander Pope. Juft hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools , by flatterers befieg'd , And fo obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd : Like ...
Alexander Pope. Juft hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools , by flatterers befieg'd , And fo obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd : Like ...
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... juft indulgence may engage ; And more the fickness of long life , old age ; For fainting age what cordial drop remains , If our intemp'rate youth the vessel drains ? Our fathers prais'd rank ven'son . You fuppofe Perhaps , young men ...
... juft indulgence may engage ; And more the fickness of long life , old age ; For fainting age what cordial drop remains , If our intemp'rate youth the vessel drains ? Our fathers prais'd rank ven'son . You fuppofe Perhaps , young men ...
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... high , immortal thing , Juft less than Jove , and much above a king } Nay , half in heav'n- - -except ( what's mighty odd ) A fit of vapours clouds this demy - god . THE THE SIXTH EPISTLE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORAC Er . I. 47 OF HORACE .
... high , immortal thing , Juft less than Jove , and much above a king } Nay , half in heav'n- - -except ( what's mighty odd ) A fit of vapours clouds this demy - god . THE THE SIXTH EPISTLE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORAC Er . I. 47 OF HORACE .
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