The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... shine , and con- nected beauty , elegance , and strength , in all his poetical compositions . Though Dryden thus po- lished our English numbers , and thus harmonized versification , it cannot be said that he carried his art to ...
... shine , and con- nected beauty , elegance , and strength , in all his poetical compositions . Though Dryden thus po- lished our English numbers , and thus harmonized versification , it cannot be said that he carried his art to ...
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... shine , Earth for whose use ? -Pride answers , " " Tis for mine : For me kind Nature wakes her genial power , " Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flower ; " Annual for me the grape , the rose , renew " The juice nectareous and ...
... shine , Earth for whose use ? -Pride answers , " " Tis for mine : For me kind Nature wakes her genial power , " Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flower ; " Annual for me the grape , the rose , renew " The juice nectareous and ...
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... below , Say in what mortal soil thou deign'st to grow ? Fair opening to some court's propitious shine , Or deep with diamonds in the flaming mine ? Twin'd with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd EPISTLE IV . to happiness.
... below , Say in what mortal soil thou deign'st to grow ? Fair opening to some court's propitious shine , Or deep with diamonds in the flaming mine ? Twin'd with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd EPISTLE IV . to happiness.
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... where , they shone or shine , Or on the Rubicon or on the Rhine . A wit's a feather , and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noble work of God , Fame but from death a villain's name can save , Epist . IV . 33 ESSAY ON MAN .
... where , they shone or shine , Or on the Rubicon or on the Rhine . A wit's a feather , and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noble work of God , Fame but from death a villain's name can save , Epist . IV . 33 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... shine , or sanctified from shame ! What greater bliss attends their close of life ? Some greedy minion , or imperious wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , And haunt their slumbers in the pompous shade . Alas ! not dazzled ...
... shine , or sanctified from shame ! What greater bliss attends their close of life ? Some greedy minion , or imperious wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , And haunt their slumbers in the pompous shade . Alas ! not dazzled ...
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