The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1G. Bell, 1898 |
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Page xxvii
... soft recesses of uneasy minds , To sigh unheard in to the passing winds ? So the struck deer in some sequestered part Lies down to die , the arrow at his heart ; There stretched unseen in coverts hid from day , Bleeds drop by drop and ...
... soft recesses of uneasy minds , To sigh unheard in to the passing winds ? So the struck deer in some sequestered part Lies down to die , the arrow at his heart ; There stretched unseen in coverts hid from day , Bleeds drop by drop and ...
Page 28
... soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye ; 434 That drives the dead to dark Tartarean coasts , Or back to life compels the wandering ghosts . Thus , through the parting clouds , the son of May Wings on the whistling winds his rapid way ; Now ...
... soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye ; 434 That drives the dead to dark Tartarean coasts , Or back to life compels the wandering ghosts . Thus , through the parting clouds , the son of May Wings on the whistling winds his rapid way ; Now ...
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... soft slumbers on his infant eyes . Yet even in those obscure abodes to live , Was more , alas ! than cruel fate would give , For on the grassy verdure as he lay , And breathed the freshness of the early day , Devouring dogs the helpless ...
... soft slumbers on his infant eyes . Yet even in those obscure abodes to live , Was more , alas ! than cruel fate would give , For on the grassy verdure as he lay , And breathed the freshness of the early day , Devouring dogs the helpless ...
Page 48
... soft compassion touch your gentle mind ; Think , ' tis Vertumnus begs you to be kind ! So may no frost , when early buds appear , Destroy the promise of the youthful year ; Nor winds , when first your florid orchard blows , IIO Shake ...
... soft compassion touch your gentle mind ; Think , ' tis Vertumnus begs you to be kind ! So may no frost , when early buds appear , Destroy the promise of the youthful year ; Nor winds , when first your florid orchard blows , IIO Shake ...
Page 49
... soft breast consenting passions move , And the warm maid confessed a mutual love . SAPPHO TO PHAON . TRANSLATED FROM OVID . ( HEROID . XV . ) AY , lovely youth , that dost my heart command , Can Phaon's eyes forget his Sappho's hand ...
... soft breast consenting passions move , And the warm maid confessed a mutual love . SAPPHO TO PHAON . TRANSLATED FROM OVID . ( HEROID . XV . ) AY , lovely youth , that dost my heart command , Can Phaon's eyes forget his Sappho's hand ...
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