The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1853 |
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... shine , Which not alone the southern wit sublimes , But ripens spirits in cold northern climes ; Which from the first has shone on ages past , Enlights the present , and shall warm the last ; Though each may feel increases and decays ...
... shine , Which not alone the southern wit sublimes , But ripens spirits in cold northern climes ; Which from the first has shone on ages past , Enlights the present , and shall warm the last ; Though each may feel increases and decays ...
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... shine ; That not alone what to your sense is due All may allow , but seek your friendship too . Be silent always when you doubt your sense , And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence ; Some positive persisting fops we know , Who ...
... shine ; That not alone what to your sense is due All may allow , but seek your friendship too . Be silent always when you doubt your sense , And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence ; Some positive persisting fops we know , Who ...
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... Eternal cause . 5. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine , Earth for whose use ? -Pride answers , " " Tis for mine : For me kind Nature wakes her genial power , Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flower ; 40 THE POEMS.
... Eternal cause . 5. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine , Earth for whose use ? -Pride answers , " " Tis for mine : For me kind Nature wakes her genial power , Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flower ; 40 THE POEMS.
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... shine , Or deep with diamonds in the flaming mine ? Twin'd with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows ? -where grows it not ? If vain our toil , We ought to blame the culture , not ...
... shine , Or deep with diamonds in the flaming mine ? Twin'd with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows ? -where grows it not ? If vain our toil , We ought to blame the culture , not ...
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... shine , Or on the Rubicon or on the Rhine . A wit's a feather , and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noblest work of God . Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As justice tears his body from the grave ; When what t ...
... shine , Or on the Rubicon or on the Rhine . A wit's a feather , and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noblest work of God . Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As justice tears his body from the grave ; When what t ...
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