The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... Pow'r , Or in the natal or the mortal hour . All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance direction , which thou canst not see ; All discord , harmony not understood ; All partial evil , universal good : And spite of pride , in ...
... Pow'r , Or in the natal or the mortal hour . All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance direction , which thou canst not see ; All discord , harmony not understood ; All partial evil , universal good : And spite of pride , in ...
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... pow'r the strong direction sends , And several men impels to several ends : Like varying winds , by other passions tost , This drives them constant to a certain coast . Let pow'r or knowledge , gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more ...
... pow'r the strong direction sends , And several men impels to several ends : Like varying winds , by other passions tost , This drives them constant to a certain coast . Let pow'r or knowledge , gold or glory , please , Or ( oft more ...
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... pow'r which suits them best ; To bliss alike by that direction tend , And find the means proportion'd to their end . Say , where full instinct is the ' unerring guide , What pope or council can they need beside ? Reason , however able ...
... pow'r which suits them best ; To bliss alike by that direction tend , And find the means proportion'd to their end . Say , where full instinct is the ' unerring guide , What pope or council can they need beside ? Reason , however able ...
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... pow'r ? " Add health and pow'r , and every earthly thing . " Why bounded pow'r ? why private ? why no king ? Nay , why external for internal giv'n ? Why is not man a god , and earth a heav'n ? " - Who ask and reason thus will scarce ...
... pow'r ? " Add health and pow'r , and every earthly thing . " Why bounded pow'r ? why private ? why no king ? Nay , why external for internal giv'n ? Why is not man a god , and earth a heav'n ? " - Who ask and reason thus will scarce ...
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... pow'r ador'd , But chiefly Love - to Love an altar built , Of twelve vast French romances , neatly gilt . There lay three garters , half a pair of gloves , And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights ...
... pow'r ador'd , But chiefly Love - to Love an altar built , Of twelve vast French romances , neatly gilt . There lay three garters , half a pair of gloves , And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights ...
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