The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1G. Bell, 1898 |
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... reign singly , each a year by turns , and the first lot is obtained by Eteocles . Jupiter , in a council of the gods , declares his resolution of punishing the Thebans and Argives also , by means of a marriage betwixt Polynices and one ...
... reign singly , each a year by turns , and the first lot is obtained by Eteocles . Jupiter , in a council of the gods , declares his resolution of punishing the Thebans and Argives also , by means of a marriage betwixt Polynices and one ...
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... reign destroyed by im- pious arms , 5 10 Demand our song ; a sacred fury fires My ravished breast , and all the Muse inspires . O goddess , say , shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times , Europa's rape ...
... reign destroyed by im- pious arms , 5 10 Demand our song ; a sacred fury fires My ravished breast , and all the Muse inspires . O goddess , say , shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times , Europa's rape ...
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... reign , Nor let desiring worlds entreat in vain . What though the stars contract their heavenly space , 35 And crowd their shining ranks to yield thee place ; Though all the skies , ambitious of thy sway , Conspire to court thee from ...
... reign , Nor let desiring worlds entreat in vain . What though the stars contract their heavenly space , 35 And crowd their shining ranks to yield thee place ; Though all the skies , ambitious of thy sway , Conspire to court thee from ...
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... reign , Where guilty spirits feel eternal pain ; Thou , sable Styx ! whose livid streams are rolled Through dreary coasts , which I , though blind , behold ; Tisiphone , that oft hast heard my prayer , 85 ' Parthenopaus . - P . Assist ...
... reign , Where guilty spirits feel eternal pain ; Thou , sable Styx ! whose livid streams are rolled Through dreary coasts , which I , though blind , behold ; Tisiphone , that oft hast heard my prayer , 85 ' Parthenopaus . - P . Assist ...
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... reign : If wretched I , by baleful furies led , With monstrous mixture stained my mother's bed , 95 For hell and thee begot an impious brood , And with full lust those horrid joys renewed ; Then self - condemned to shades of endless ...
... reign : If wretched I , by baleful furies led , With monstrous mixture stained my mother's bed , 95 For hell and thee begot an impious brood , And with full lust those horrid joys renewed ; Then self - condemned to shades of endless ...
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