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The lines from Pope , commemorative of the beauty of Stowe , and the virtues of Cobham , are also cut on the pillar : “ And you brave Cobham , to the latest breath , Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death ; Such in those moments ...
The lines from Pope , commemorative of the beauty of Stowe , and the virtues of Cobham , are also cut on the pillar : “ And you brave Cobham , to the latest breath , Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death ; Such in those moments ...
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Twas thus Calypso once each heart alarm'd , 6 Awed without virtue , without beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as her eyes , Less wit than mimic , more a wit than wise ; Strange graces still , and stranger ...
Twas thus Calypso once each heart alarm'd , 6 Awed without virtue , without beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as her eyes , Less wit than mimic , more a wit than wise ; Strange graces still , and stranger ...
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20 Power all their end , but beauty all the means : In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or happiness at home .
20 Power all their end , but beauty all the means : In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or happiness at home .
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In a letter to Teresa , the poet wishes that Martha's beauty may continue as it always was ; “ but whatever ravages a merciless distemper may commit , I dare promise her boldly , what few , if any , of her makers of visits and ...
In a letter to Teresa , the poet wishes that Martha's beauty may continue as it always was ; “ but whatever ravages a merciless distemper may commit , I dare promise her boldly , what few , if any , of her makers of visits and ...
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Some gleams of talent , an indomitable spirit , and the remains of exquisite beauty , with occasional fits of generosity and affection , relieve this gloomy picture of old age , “ joyless and unendeared , ” and attach a degree interest ...
Some gleams of talent , an indomitable spirit , and the remains of exquisite beauty , with occasional fits of generosity and affection , relieve this gloomy picture of old age , “ joyless and unendeared , ” and attach a degree interest ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Robert Carruthers |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | Robert Carruthers |
| Publisher | Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 9, 2010 |
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