The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; ' Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! No poem of our author's more deservedly ob- tained him reputation than his Essay on Criticism . Mr ...
... thee not , To whom related , or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; ' Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be ! No poem of our author's more deservedly ob- tained him reputation than his Essay on Criticism . Mr ...
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... thee to his shrine , Though ev'ry laurel through the dome be thine ( From the proud epic down to those that shade , The gentler brow of the soft Lesbian maid , ) Go to the good and just , an awful train , Thy soul's delight , and glory ...
... thee to his shrine , Though ev'ry laurel through the dome be thine ( From the proud epic down to those that shade , The gentler brow of the soft Lesbian maid , ) Go to the good and just , an awful train , Thy soul's delight , and glory ...
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... thee ? 2. Presumptuous man ! the reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth why oaks ...
... thee ? 2. Presumptuous man ! the reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth why oaks ...
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... thee to know , But gives that hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is but always to be blest . The soul , ( uneasy and confin'd ) from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo ...
... thee to know , But gives that hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is but always to be blest . The soul , ( uneasy and confin'd ) from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo ...
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... thee ? The pow'rs of all subdued by thee alone , Is not thy reason all these pow'rs in one ? 8. See through this air , this ocean , and Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... thee ? The pow'rs of all subdued by thee alone , Is not thy reason all these pow'rs in one ? 8. See through this air , this ocean , and Epist . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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