The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1854 |
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... Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has life no joys for me ? or ( to be grave ) Have I no friend to serve , no soul to save ?. " I found him close with Swift " - " Indeed ? no doubt ( Cries prating Balbus ) something will ...
... Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has life no joys for me ? or ( to be grave ) Have I no friend to serve , no soul to save ?. " I found him close with Swift " - " Indeed ? no doubt ( Cries prating Balbus ) something will ...
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... Heaven , to bless those days , preserve my friend ! Preserve him social , cheerful , and serene , And just as rich as when he serv'd a queen . A. Whether that blessing be denied or given , Thus far was right ; -the rest belongs to heaven ...
... Heaven , to bless those days , preserve my friend ! Preserve him social , cheerful , and serene , And just as rich as when he serv'd a queen . A. Whether that blessing be denied or given , Thus far was right ; -the rest belongs to heaven ...
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... , none departs too late ; ( For I , who hold sage Homer's rule the best , Welcome the coming , speed the going guest ) . " Pray heaven it last ! ( cries Swift ) as you go on ; I wish to God this house had been your own OF POPE . 31.
... , none departs too late ; ( For I , who hold sage Homer's rule the best , Welcome the coming , speed the going guest ) . " Pray heaven it last ! ( cries Swift ) as you go on ; I wish to God this house had been your own OF POPE . 31.
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... heaven - except ( what's mighty odd ) A fit of vapours clouds this demigod . THE SIXTH EPISTLE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE . TO MR . MURRAY.1 ' NoT to admire , is all the art I know , To make men happy , and to keep them so . ' ( Plain ...
... heaven - except ( what's mighty odd ) A fit of vapours clouds this demigod . THE SIXTH EPISTLE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE . TO MR . MURRAY.1 ' NoT to admire , is all the art I know , To make men happy , and to keep them so . ' ( Plain ...
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... Heaven's own oracles from altars hear . Wonder of kings ! like whom to mortal ees None e'er has risen , and none e'er shall re . Just in one instance , be it yet confest Your people , sir , are partial in the rest ; Foes to all living ...
... Heaven's own oracles from altars hear . Wonder of kings ! like whom to mortal ees None e'er has risen , and none e'er shall re . Just in one instance , be it yet confest Your people , sir , are partial in the rest ; Foes to all living ...
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