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10 Matter too soft , a lasting mark to bear , And best distinguish'd by black , brown , or fair . How many pictures of one nymph we view , All how unlike each other , all how true Arcadia's Countess , here , in ermin'd pride , Is there ...
10 Matter too soft , a lasting mark to bear , And best distinguish'd by black , brown , or fair . How many pictures of one nymph we view , All how unlike each other , all how true Arcadia's Countess , here , in ermin'd pride , Is there ...
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A park is purchased , but the fair he sees All bathed in tears— “ Oh odious , odious trees ! ” Ladies , like variegated tulips , show , ' Tis to their changes half their charms we owe ; Fine by defect , and delicately weak , Their happy ...
A park is purchased , but the fair he sees All bathed in tears— “ Oh odious , odious trees ! ” Ladies , like variegated tulips , show , ' Tis to their changes half their charms we owe ; Fine by defect , and delicately weak , Their happy ...
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Or who in sweet vicissitude appears Of mirth and opium , ratifia and tears , The daily anodyne , and nightly draught , To kill those foes to fair ones , time and thought . Woman and fool are two hard things to hit ; For true no ...
Or who in sweet vicissitude appears Of mirth and opium , ratifia and tears , The daily anodyne , and nightly draught , To kill those foes to fair ones , time and thought . Woman and fool are two hard things to hit ; For true no ...
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But wisdom's triumph is well - timed retreat , As hard a science to the fair as great ! Beauties , like tyrants , old and friendless grown , Yet hate repose , and dread to be alone . Worn out in public , weary every eye , Nor leave one ...
But wisdom's triumph is well - timed retreat , As hard a science to the fair as great ! Beauties , like tyrants , old and friendless grown , Yet hate repose , and dread to be alone . Worn out in public , weary every eye , Nor leave one ...
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“ Lady Suffolk , ” says Walpole , “ was of a just height , well made , extremely fair , with the finest light brown hair , was remarkably genteel , and always well dressed , with taste and simplicity . Those were her personal charms ...
“ Lady Suffolk , ” says Walpole , “ was of a just height , well made , extremely fair , with the finest light brown hair , was remarkably genteel , and always well dressed , with taste and simplicity . Those were her personal charms ...
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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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