The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... trembling breath , Those cheeks now fading at the blast of death : Lifeless the breast which warm'd the world before , And those love - darting eyes must roll no more , The conclusion of this elegy is irresistibly affecting . So ...
... trembling breath , Those cheeks now fading at the blast of death : Lifeless the breast which warm'd the world before , And those love - darting eyes must roll no more , The conclusion of this elegy is irresistibly affecting . So ...
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... trembling pinions soar , Wait the great teacher Death , and God adore . What future bliss he gives not 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 ...
... trembling pinions soar , Wait the great teacher Death , and God adore . What future bliss he gives not 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 ...
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... tremble to the throne of God . All this dread order break - for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! -O madness ! pride ! impiety ! 9. What if the foot , ordain'd the dust to tread , Or hand to toil , aspir'd to be the head ? What if the head ...
... tremble to the throne of God . All this dread order break - for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! -O madness ! pride ! impiety ! 9. What if the foot , ordain'd the dust to tread , Or hand to toil , aspir'd to be the head ? What if the head ...
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... trembles from on high , Shall gravitation cease if you go by ? Or some old temple , nodding to its fall , For Chartres ' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world ( so fitted for the knave 30 Epist . IV . ESSAY ON MAN .
... trembles from on high , Shall gravitation cease if you go by ? Or some old temple , nodding to its fall , For Chartres ' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world ( so fitted for the knave 30 Epist . IV . ESSAY ON MAN .
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... trembling breath , These cheeks now fading at the blast of death ; Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before , And those love - darting eyes must roll no more . Thus , if eternal justice rules the ball , Thus shall your wives ...
... trembling breath , These cheeks now fading at the blast of death ; Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before , And those love - darting eyes must roll no more . Thus , if eternal justice rules the ball , Thus shall your wives ...
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