The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes, Volume 3Charles Whittingham, 1808 |
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... O'er the wide prospect as I gaz'd around , Sudden I heard a wild promiscuous sound , Like broken thunders that at distance roar , Or billows murmuring on the hollow shore : Then gazing up , a glorious pile beheld , Whose towering summit ...
... O'er the wide prospect as I gaz'd around , Sudden I heard a wild promiscuous sound , Like broken thunders that at distance roar , Or billows murmuring on the hollow shore : Then gazing up , a glorious pile beheld , Whose towering summit ...
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... o'er the coast ; Pale suns , unfelt , at distance roll away , And on the ' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply , Till the bright mountains prop the ' incumbent sky : As Atlas fix'd , each hoary pile ...
... o'er the coast ; Pale suns , unfelt , at distance roll away , And on the ' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply , Till the bright mountains prop the ' incumbent sky : As Atlas fix'd , each hoary pile ...
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... o'er each object casting various dyes , Enlarges some , and others multiplies : Nor void of emblem was the mystic wall , For thus romantic fame increases all , The temple shakes , the sounding gates unfold , Wide vaults appear , and ...
... o'er each object casting various dyes , Enlarges some , and others multiplies : Nor void of emblem was the mystic wall , For thus romantic fame increases all , The temple shakes , the sounding gates unfold , Wide vaults appear , and ...
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... o'er the rest Epaminondas stood ; Timoleon , glorious in his brother's blood ; Bold Scipio , saviour of the Roman state , Great in his triumphs , in retirement great ; And wise Aurelius , in whose well - taught mind With boundless power ...
... o'er the rest Epaminondas stood ; Timoleon , glorious in his brother's blood ; Bold Scipio , saviour of the Roman state , Great in his triumphs , in retirement great ; And wise Aurelius , in whose well - taught mind With boundless power ...
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... o'er the throne ' Arms and the man ' in golden ciphers shone . Four swans sustain a car of silver bright , With heads advanc'd , and pinions stretch'd for flight : Here , like some furious prophet , Pindar rode , And seem'd to labour ...
... o'er the throne ' Arms and the man ' in golden ciphers shone . Four swans sustain a car of silver bright , With heads advanc'd , and pinions stretch'd for flight : Here , like some furious prophet , Pindar rode , And seem'd to labour ...
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