The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... , 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 skies . " THE POETICAL WORKS OF A. POPE . AN ESSAY ON S. HARCOURT TO MR . POPE .
... , 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 skies . " THE POETICAL WORKS OF A. POPE . AN ESSAY ON S. HARCOURT TO MR . POPE .
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... skies . Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods if angels fell , Aspiring to be angels men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order , sins against the ...
... skies . Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods if angels fell , Aspiring to be angels men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order , sins against the ...
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... skies , Saw gods descend , and fiends infernal rise ; Here fix'd the dreadful , there the bless'd abodes ; Fear made her devils , and weak hope her gods ; Gods partial , changeful , passionate , unjust , Whose 21 Epist . III . ESSAY ON ...
... skies , Saw gods descend , and fiends infernal rise ; Here fix'd the dreadful , there the bless'd abodes ; Fear made her devils , and weak hope her gods ; Gods partial , changeful , passionate , unjust , Whose 21 Epist . III . ESSAY ON ...
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... skies ? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . Know all the good that individuals find , ` Or God and nature meant to mere mankind , Reason's whole pleasure , all the joys of sense ...
... skies ? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . Know all the good that individuals find , ` Or God and nature meant to mere mankind , Reason's whole pleasure , all the joys of sense ...
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... skies ! One chorus let all being raise ! All nature's incense rise ! ELEGY To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady . WHAT beck'ning ghost along the moon - light shade Invites my steps , and points to yonder glade ? Tis she ! -but why that ...
... skies ! One chorus let all being raise ! All nature's incense rise ! ELEGY To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady . WHAT beck'ning ghost along the moon - light shade Invites my steps , and points to yonder glade ? Tis she ! -but why that ...
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