The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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Page 12
... rules the whole . Man but for that no action could attend , And but for this were active to no end ; Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot , To draw nutrition , propagate , and rot ; Or , meteor - like , flame lawless through the void ...
... rules the whole . Man but for that no action could attend , And but for this were active to no end ; Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot , To draw nutrition , propagate , and rot ; Or , meteor - like , flame lawless through the void ...
Page 14
... rules , What can she more than tell us we are fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn pleader , to persuade The choice we make , or justify it made ; Proud of ...
... rules , What can she more than tell us we are fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn pleader , to persuade The choice we make , or justify it made ; Proud of ...
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... rule or line ? Who bid the stork , Columbus like , explore Heav'ns not his own , and worlds unknown before Who calls the council , states the certain day , Who forms the phalanx , and who points the way ! 3. God in the nature of each ...
... rule or line ? Who bid the stork , Columbus like , explore Heav'ns not his own , and worlds unknown before Who calls the council , states the certain day , Who forms the phalanx , and who points the way ! 3. God in the nature of each ...
Page 22
... rule , but spare . Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of half that live the butcher and the tomb ; Who , foe to nature , hears the general groan , Murders their species , and betrays his own . But just disease to luxury succeeds ...
... rule , but spare . Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of half that live the butcher and the tomb ; Who , foe to nature , hears the general groan , Murders their species , and betrays his own . But just disease to luxury succeeds ...
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... rules the ball , Thus shall your wives , and thus your children fall : On all the line a sudden vengeance waits , And frequent herses shall besiege your gates ; There passengers shall stand , and pointing say ( While the long funerals ...
... rules the ball , Thus shall your wives , and thus your children fall : On all the line a sudden vengeance waits , And frequent herses shall besiege your gates ; There passengers shall stand , and pointing say ( While the long funerals ...
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