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... and peeps not from its hole , At half mankind when generous Manly : raves , All know ' tis virtue , for he thinks them knaves : When universal homage Umbra4 pays , All see ' tis vice , and itch of vulgar praise .
... and peeps not from its hole , At half mankind when generous Manly : raves , All know ' tis virtue , for he thinks them knaves : When universal homage Umbra4 pays , All see ' tis vice , and itch of vulgar praise .
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Court - virtues bear , like gems , the highest rate , Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate : In life's low vale , the soil the virtues like , They please as beauties , here as wonders strike . Though the same sun with all ...
Court - virtues bear , like gems , the highest rate , Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate : In life's low vale , the soil the virtues like , They please as beauties , here as wonders strike . Though the same sun with all ...
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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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Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour , Content to dwell in decencies for ever . So very reasonable , so unmoved , As never yet to love , or to be loved . She , while her lover pants upon her breast , Can mark the figures on an ...
Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour , Content to dwell in decencies for ever . So very reasonable , so unmoved , As never yet to love , or to be loved . She , while her lover pants upon her breast , Can mark the figures on an ...
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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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