The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... lost , another still we gain , And not a vanity is given in vain : Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess one comfort still must rise ; " Tis this , -Though ...
... lost , another still we gain , And not a vanity is given in vain : Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess one comfort still must rise ; " Tis this , -Though ...
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... lost ; How inconsistent greater goods with these ; How sometimes life is risk'd , and always ease : Think , and if still the things thy envy call , Say , wouldst thou be the man to whom they fall ? To sigh for ribands if thou art so ...
... lost ; How inconsistent greater goods with these ; How sometimes life is risk'd , and always ease : Think , and if still the things thy envy call , Say , wouldst thou be the man to whom they fall ? To sigh for ribands if thou art so ...
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... lost ! How shall I , then , your hapless fame defend ? ' Twill then be infamy to seem your friend ! And shall this prize , the ' inestimable prize , Expos'd through crystal to the gazing eyes , And heighten'd by the diamond's circling ...
... lost ! How shall I , then , your hapless fame defend ? ' Twill then be infamy to seem your friend ! And shall this prize , the ' inestimable prize , Expos'd through crystal to the gazing eyes , And heighten'd by the diamond's circling ...
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... lost ! The lock , obtain'd with guilt , and kept with pain , In every place is sought , but sought in vain : With such a prize no mortal must be blest , So heav'n decrees ! with heav'n who can contest ? Some thought it mounted to the ...
... lost ! The lock , obtain'd with guilt , and kept with pain , In every place is sought , but sought in vain : With such a prize no mortal must be blest , So heav'n decrees ! with heav'n who can contest ? Some thought it mounted to the ...
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... lost . For after all the murders of your eye , When , after millions slain , yourself shall die ; When those fair suns shall set , as set they must , And all those tresses shall be laid in dust ; This Lock the Muse shall consecrate to ...
... lost . For after all the murders of your eye , When , after millions slain , yourself shall die ; When those fair suns shall set , as set they must , And all those tresses shall be laid in dust ; This Lock the Muse shall consecrate to ...
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