The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... poor monster " and mummy were dashed at their reception , and , " when the cry was loudest , I thought that , if the " thing had been written by another , I should have " deemed the town in some measure mistaken ; and " as to your ...
... poor monster " and mummy were dashed at their reception , and , " when the cry was loudest , I thought that , if the " thing had been written by another , I should have " deemed the town in some measure mistaken ; and " as to your ...
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... poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or milky way ; Yet simple nature to his hope has giv'n , Behind the cloud - topt hill ...
... poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or milky way ; Yet simple nature to his hope has giv'n , Behind the cloud - topt hill ...
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... poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chemist in his golden views Supremely bless'd , the poet in his muse . See some strange comfort ...
... poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chemist in his golden views Supremely bless'd , the poet in his muse . See some strange comfort ...
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... poor and me ? What makes all physical or moral ill ? There deviates nature , and here wanders will . God sends not ill , if rightly understood , Or partial ill is universal good , Or change admits , or nature lets it fall Short and but ...
... poor and me ? What makes all physical or moral ill ? There deviates nature , and here wanders will . God sends not ill , if rightly understood , Or partial ill is universal good , Or change admits , or nature lets it fall Short and but ...
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... but to wish more virtue is to gain . See the sole bliss Heav'n could on all bestow ! Which who but feels can taste , but thinks can know : Yet poor with fortune , and with learning blind , Epist . IV . 35 ESSAY ON MAN .
... but to wish more virtue is to gain . See the sole bliss Heav'n could on all bestow ! Which who but feels can taste , but thinks can know : Yet poor with fortune , and with learning blind , Epist . IV . 35 ESSAY ON MAN .
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