The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1853 |
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... learn'd witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form'd insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal ; To tell them would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain ...
... learn'd witlings , numerous in our isle , As half - form'd insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call , Their generation's so equivocal ; To tell them would a hundred tongues require , Or one vain ...
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... learn'd Greece her useful rules indites When to repress and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , th ' immortal prize , And urg ...
... learn'd Greece her useful rules indites When to repress and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held from afar , aloft , th ' immortal prize , And urg ...
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... learn'd . So modern ' pothecaries taught the art By doctors ' bills to play the doctor's part , Bold in the practice of mistaken rules , Prescribe , apply , and call their masters fools . Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey ; Nor ...
... learn'd . So modern ' pothecaries taught the art By doctors ' bills to play the doctor's part , Bold in the practice of mistaken rules , Prescribe , apply , and call their masters fools . Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey ; Nor ...
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... learn'd their incense bring ! Here in all tongues consenting pæans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , bards triumphant ! born in happier days , OF POPE . 9.
... learn'd their incense bring ! Here in all tongues consenting pæans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind . Hail , bards triumphant ! born in happier days , OF POPE . 9.
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... learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense . Soft is the strain when zephyr cently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the ...
... learn'd to dance . ' Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense . Soft is the strain when zephyr cently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the ...
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