The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Explanatory Notes, EtcHurst & Company, 1895 - 550 pages |
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Page 34
... sighs away ! " To Delia's ear the tender notes convey . As some sad turtle his lost love deplores . And with deep murmurs fills the sounding shores ; Thus , far from Delia , to the winds I mourn , Alike unheard , unpitied , and forlorn ...
... sighs away ! " To Delia's ear the tender notes convey . As some sad turtle his lost love deplores . And with deep murmurs fills the sounding shores ; Thus , far from Delia , to the winds I mourn , Alike unheard , unpitied , and forlorn ...
Page 35
... sighs away ! Cursed be the fields that cause my Delia's stay ; Fade ev'ry blossom , wither ev'ry tree , Die ev'ry flower , and perish all , but she . What have I said ? where'er my Delia flies , Let spring attend , and sudden flow'rs ...
... sighs away ! Cursed be the fields that cause my Delia's stay ; Fade ev'ry blossom , wither ev'ry tree , Die ev'ry flower , and perish all , but she . What have I said ? where'er my Delia flies , Let spring attend , and sudden flow'rs ...
Page 39
... sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm , appears Swelled with new passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds and ...
... sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm , appears Swelled with new passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds and ...
Page 50
... sighs steal out , and tears begin to flow : Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found , And the world's victor stood subdued by sound ! The pow'r of music all our hearts allow , And what Timotheus was , is Dryden now . Avoid ...
... sighs steal out , and tears begin to flow : Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found , And the world's victor stood subdued by sound ! The pow'r of music all our hearts allow , And what Timotheus was , is Dryden now . Avoid ...
Page 69
... sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and long possess the prize : The pow'rs gave ear , and granted half his pray'r , The rest , the winds dispersed in empty air . 1 But now secure ...
... sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and long possess the prize : The pow'rs gave ear , and granted half his pray'r , The rest , the winds dispersed in empty air . 1 But now secure ...
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