The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Explanatory Notes, EtcHurst & Company, 1895 - 550 pages |
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Page 27
... trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You , that too wise for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world ...
... trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You , that too wise for pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world ...
Page 39
... 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 trees and floods ...
... 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 trees and floods ...
Page 46
... trembles as he writes ) To teach vain wits a science little known , T'admire superior sense , and doubt their own ... tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthened way , Th ' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes , Hills ...
... trembles as he writes ) To teach vain wits a science little known , T'admire superior sense , and doubt their own ... tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthened way , Th ' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes , Hills ...
Page 67
... Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride . Unnumbered treasures ope at once , and here The various off'rings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil , And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil . This ...
... Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride . Unnumbered treasures ope at once , and here The various off'rings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil , And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil . This ...
Page 69
... trembling on the floating tides : While melting music steals upon the sky , And softened sounds along the waters die ; Smooth flow the waves , the zephyrs gently play , Belinda smiled , and all the world was gay . All but the sylph ...
... trembling on the floating tides : While melting music steals upon the sky , And softened sounds along the waters die ; Smooth flow the waves , the zephyrs gently play , Belinda smiled , and all the world was gay . All but the sylph ...
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