The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... shade what does " not require a full view ; so that it may be said " that Homer is the painter who best knew how to employ the shades and lights . The second " comparison is equally unjust how could Mr. " Pope say , that one can only ...
... shade what does " not require a full view ; so that it may be said " that Homer is the painter who best knew how to employ the shades and lights . The second " comparison is equally unjust how could Mr. " Pope say , that one can only ...
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... shade , The gentler brow of the soft Lesbian maid , ) Go to the good and just , an awful train , Thy soul's delight , and glory of the fane ; While thro ' the earth thy dear remembrance flies , " Sweet to the world and grateful to the ...
... shade , The gentler brow of the soft Lesbian maid , ) Go to the good and just , an awful train , Thy soul's delight , and glory of the fane ; While thro ' the earth thy dear remembrance flies , " Sweet to the world and grateful to the ...
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... of thy mother earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ! • Of systems possible , if ' tis confest That 2 Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... of thy mother earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ! • Of systems possible , if ' tis confest That 2 Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... shades , whose well - accorded strife Gives all the strength and colour of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes , And when in act they cease , in prospect rise ; Present to grasp , and future still to find , The whole ...
... shades , whose well - accorded strife Gives all the strength and colour of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes , And when in act they cease , in prospect rise ; Present to grasp , and future still to find , The whole ...
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... shade , And oft so mix , the difference is too nice Where ends the virtue or begins the vice . Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften , and unite A ...
... shade , And oft so mix , the difference is too nice Where ends the virtue or begins the vice . Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften , and unite A ...
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