The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... gold . To be content's his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . 4. Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy ...
... gold . To be content's his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . 4. Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy ...
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... gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more strong than all ) the love of ease ; Through life ' tis follow'd , ev'n at life's expence ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike ...
... gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more strong than all ) the love of ease ; Through life ' tis follow'd , ev'n at life's expence ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike ...
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... gold , amuse his riper stage , And beads and pray'r - books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still , as that before , Till tir'd he sleeps , and life's poor play is o'er . Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those ...
... gold , amuse his riper stage , And beads and pray'r - books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still , as that before , Till tir'd he sleeps , and life's poor play is o'er . Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those ...
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... gold undrest , Unbrib'd , unbloody , stood the blameless priest : Heaven's attribute was universal care , And man's prerogative to rule , but spare . Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of half that live the butcher and the tomb ...
... gold undrest , Unbrib'd , unbloody , stood the blameless priest : Heaven's attribute was universal care , And man's prerogative to rule , but spare . Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of half that live the butcher and the tomb ...
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... gold ; Esteem and love were never to be sold . O fool ! to think God hates the worthy mind , The lover and the love of human kind , Whose life is healthful , and whose conscience clear , Because he wants a thousand pounds a year ...
... gold ; Esteem and love were never to be sold . O fool ! to think God hates the worthy mind , The lover and the love of human kind , Whose life is healthful , and whose conscience clear , Because he wants a thousand pounds a year ...
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