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Flavia ' s a wit , has too much sense to pray ; 10 To toast our wants and wishes is her way ; Nor asks of God , but of her stars , to give The mighty blessing , “ while we live , to live . ” Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ...
Flavia ' s a wit , has too much sense to pray ; 10 To toast our wants and wishes is her way ; Nor asks of God , but of her stars , to give The mighty blessing , “ while we live , to live . ” Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ...
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... And die of nothing , but a rage to live . Turn then from wits ; and look on Simo's mate , No ass so meek , no ass so obstinate . Or her , that owns her faults , but never mends , Because she's honest , and the best of friends .
... And die of nothing , but a rage to live . Turn then from wits ; and look on Simo's mate , No ass so meek , no ass so obstinate . Or her , that owns her faults , but never mends , Because she's honest , and the best of friends .
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125 130 : 135 live : 140 Full sixty years the world has been her trade , The wisest fool much time has ever made . From loveless youth to unrespected age , No passion gratified , except her rage , So much the fury still outran the wit ...
125 130 : 135 live : 140 Full sixty years the world has been her trade , The wisest fool much time has ever made . From loveless youth to unrespected age , No passion gratified , except her rage , So much the fury still outran the wit ...
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Be this a woman's fame ; with this unblest , Toasts live a scorn , and queens may die a jest . This Phæbus promised ( I forget the year ) When those blue eyes first opend on the sphere ; Ascendant Phæbus watch'd that hour with care ...
Be this a woman's fame ; with this unblest , Toasts live a scorn , and queens may die a jest . This Phæbus promised ( I forget the year ) When those blue eyes first opend on the sphere ; Ascendant Phæbus watch'd that hour with care ...
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Am I to live to see the diamonds picked off one by one , and lodged at the pawnbroker's ? " Yet Sarah herself , if we are to believe Swift and Walpole , on receiving from the Queen a picture in enamiel , set with diamonds , took off the ...
Am I to live to see the diamonds picked off one by one , and lodged at the pawnbroker's ? " Yet Sarah herself , if we are to believe Swift and Walpole , on receiving from the Queen a picture in enamiel , set with diamonds , took off the ...
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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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