The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... fate . The three great writers of pastoral dialogue , which Mr. Pope , in some measure seems to imi- tate , are Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenser ; Mr. Pope is of opinion that Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . That ...
... fate . The three great writers of pastoral dialogue , which Mr. Pope , in some measure seems to imi- tate , are Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenser ; Mr. Pope is of opinion that Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . That ...
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... fate , All but the page prescrib'd , their present state : From brutes what men , from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to - day Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... fate , All but the page prescrib'd , their present state : From brutes what men , from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to - day Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... fate . In vain thy reason finer webs shall draw , Entangle justice in her net of law , And right , too rigid , harden into wrong , Still for the strong too weak , the weak too strong . Yet go ! and thus o'er all the creatures sway ...
... fate . In vain thy reason finer webs shall draw , Entangle justice in her net of law , And right , too rigid , harden into wrong , Still for the strong too weak , the weak too strong . Yet go ! and thus o'er all the creatures sway ...
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... fate , Left free the human will . What conscience dictates to be done , Or warns me not to do ; This teach me more than hell to shun , That more than Heav'n pursue . What blessings thy free bounty gives , Let me not cast away ; For God ...
... fate , Left free the human will . What conscience dictates to be done , Or warns me not to do ; This teach me more than hell to shun , That more than Heav'n pursue . What blessings thy free bounty gives , Let me not cast away ; For God ...
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... Fate snatch'd her early to the pitying sky . As into air the purer spirits flow , And separate from their kindred dregs below ; So flew the soul to its congenial place , Nor left one virtue to redeem her race , But thou , false guardian ...
... Fate snatch'd her early to the pitying sky . As into air the purer spirits flow , And separate from their kindred dregs below ; So flew the soul to its congenial place , Nor left one virtue to redeem her race , But thou , false guardian ...
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