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... Poet's prayer : Stern Proserpine relented , And gave him back the fair . Thus song could prevail O'er death , and o'er hell , NOTES . 71 75 80 85 Ver . 77. ] These images are picturesque and appropriate , and are such notes as might ...
... Poet's prayer : Stern Proserpine relented , And gave him back the fair . Thus song could prevail O'er death , and o'er hell , NOTES . 71 75 80 85 Ver . 77. ] These images are picturesque and appropriate , and are such notes as might ...
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... Poet's song : Dan Pope , for thy misfortune griev❜d , With kind concern and skill has weav'd A silken web ; and ne'er shall fade Its colours ; gently has he laid The mantle o'er thy sad distress , And Venus shall the texture bless ...
... Poet's song : Dan Pope , for thy misfortune griev❜d , With kind concern and skill has weav'd A silken web ; and ne'er shall fade Its colours ; gently has he laid The mantle o'er thy sad distress , And Venus shall the texture bless ...
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... Poet , is in fault . Nature ! informer of the Poet's art , Whose force alone can raise or melt the heart , Thou art his guide ; each passion , ev'ry line , Whate'er he draws to please , must all be thine . Be thou his judge : in ev'ry ...
... Poet , is in fault . Nature ! informer of the Poet's art , Whose force alone can raise or melt the heart , Thou art his guide ; each passion , ev'ry line , Whate'er he draws to please , must all be thine . Be thou his judge : in ev'ry ...
Page 81
... Poet's Fortune in the Town , NOTES . Ver . 1. When simple Macer , ] Said to be the character of James Moore Smith , author of the Rival Modes , a comedy , in 1726. He pilfered verses from Pope . He joined in a political paper with the ...
... Poet's Fortune in the Town , NOTES . Ver . 1. When simple Macer , ] Said to be the character of James Moore Smith , author of the Rival Modes , a comedy , in 1726. He pilfered verses from Pope . He joined in a political paper with the ...
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... Poet , blest beyond the Poet's fate , Whom Heav'n kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud Praise , and Friend to learned Ease , Content with Science in the Vale of Peace . Calmly he look'd on either Life , and here Saw ...
... Poet , blest beyond the Poet's fate , Whom Heav'n kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud Praise , and Friend to learned Ease , Content with Science in the Vale of Peace . Calmly he look'd on either Life , and here Saw ...
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