The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1J. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 - English literature - 274 pages |
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... heav'n created , and what heav'n inspires . If aught on earth , when once this breath is fled , With human transport touch the mighty dead , Shakespear , rejoice ! his hand thy page refines ; Now ev'ry fcene with native brightness ...
... heav'n created , and what heav'n inspires . If aught on earth , when once this breath is fled , With human transport touch the mighty dead , Shakespear , rejoice ! his hand thy page refines ; Now ev'ry fcene with native brightness ...
Page xxi
... Heav'n , earth rocks her coasts , And gloomy Pluto shakes with all his ghosts . To ev'ry theme refponds thy various lay ; Here rolls a torrent , there Meanders play ; Sonorous as the ftorm thy numbers rife , Tofs the wild waves , and ...
... Heav'n , earth rocks her coasts , And gloomy Pluto shakes with all his ghosts . To ev'ry theme refponds thy various lay ; Here rolls a torrent , there Meanders play ; Sonorous as the ftorm thy numbers rife , Tofs the wild waves , and ...
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... Heav'n arifing then her notes convey , For Heav'n alone is worthy fuch a lay . VER . 69. etc. These verses were thus at first : All nature mourns , the birds their fongs deny , Nor wafted brooks the thirfty flow'rs fupply ; If Delia ...
... Heav'n arifing then her notes convey , For Heav'n alone is worthy fuch a lay . VER . 69. etc. These verses were thus at first : All nature mourns , the birds their fongs deny , Nor wafted brooks the thirfty flow'rs fupply ; If Delia ...
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... heav'n fhall bear , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear . So the verses were originally written . But the author , young as he was , foon found the abfurdity which Spenser himfelf overlooked , of introducing wolves into Eng ...
... heav'n fhall bear , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear . So the verses were originally written . But the author , young as he was , foon found the abfurdity which Spenser himfelf overlooked , of introducing wolves into Eng ...
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... heav'n and earth deplore , " Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' Tis done , and nature's various charms decay , See gloomy clouds obfcure the chearful day ! Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded ...
... heav'n and earth deplore , " Fair Daphne's dead , and love is now no more ! ' Tis done , and nature's various charms decay , See gloomy clouds obfcure the chearful day ! Now hung with pearls the dropping trees appear , Their faded ...
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