The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... those nights that clos'd thy toilsome days , Still hear thy Parnell in his living lays , Who , careless now of Int'rest , Fame , or Fate , Perhaps forgets that OXFORD e'er was great ; Or deeming meaneft what we greatest call , Beholds ...
... those nights that clos'd thy toilsome days , Still hear thy Parnell in his living lays , Who , careless now of Int'rest , Fame , or Fate , Perhaps forgets that OXFORD e'er was great ; Or deeming meaneft what we greatest call , Beholds ...
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... Those tears eternal , that embalm the dead : Call round her Tomb each object of defire , Each purer frame inform'd with purer fire : Bid her be all that chears or foftens life , The tender fifter , daughter , friend , and wife : Bid her ...
... Those tears eternal , that embalm the dead : Call round her Tomb each object of defire , Each purer frame inform'd with purer fire : Bid her be all that chears or foftens life , The tender fifter , daughter , friend , and wife : Bid her ...
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... those Colours may they shine , Free as thy ftroke , yet faultlefs as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works difplay , Soft without weakness , without glaring gay ; Led by fome rule , that guides , but not constrains ; And finish'd ...
... those Colours may they shine , Free as thy ftroke , yet faultlefs as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works difplay , Soft without weakness , without glaring gay ; Led by fome rule , that guides , but not constrains ; And finish'd ...
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... those Lovers , joys his gentle Ghost : Pleas'd , while with fmiles his happy lines you view , And finds a fairer Rambouillet in you . The brighteft eyes of France infpir'd his Mufe ; The brightest eyes of Britain now peruse ; And dead ...
... those Lovers , joys his gentle Ghost : Pleas'd , while with fmiles his happy lines you view , And finds a fairer Rambouillet in you . The brighteft eyes of France infpir'd his Mufe ; The brightest eyes of Britain now peruse ; And dead ...
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... those Toys the female world admire , Riches that vex , and Vanities that tire . With added years if Life bring nothing new , But like a Sieve let ev'ry bleffing thro ' , Some joy still loft , as each vain year runs o'er , And all we ...
... those Toys the female world admire , Riches that vex , and Vanities that tire . With added years if Life bring nothing new , But like a Sieve let ev'ry bleffing thro ' , Some joy still loft , as each vain year runs o'er , And all we ...
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Page 94 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
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