The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeG. Routledge and sons, 1870 - 485 pages |
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... sighs breathed from the soul of love . Hazlitt agrees with Johnson , that the " Essay on Man , " though a work of great labour and long consideration , was not the happiest of Pope's performances . THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE I AM inclined to ...
... sighs breathed from the soul of love . Hazlitt agrees with Johnson , that the " Essay on Man , " though a work of great labour and long consideration , was not the happiest of Pope's performances . THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE I AM inclined to ...
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... 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 . Go ...
... 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 . Go ...
Page 19
... sighs along ! The birds shall cease to tune their evening song , The winds to breathe , the waving woods to move , And streams to murmur , ere I cease to love . Not bubbling fountains to the thirsty swain , Not balmy sleep to labourers ...
... sighs along ! The birds shall cease to tune their evening song , The winds to breathe , the waving woods to move , And streams to murmur , ere I cease to love . Not bubbling fountains to the thirsty swain , Not balmy sleep to labourers ...
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... sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm appears Swell'd with new passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds , and ...
... sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the silver flood ; The silver flood , so lately calm appears Swell'd with new passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds , and ...
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... sigh , no murmur the wide world shall hear , From every face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine chains shall Death be bound , And Hell's grim tyrant feel the eternal wound . As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care , Seeks ...
... sigh , no murmur the wide world shall hear , From every face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine chains shall Death be bound , And Hell's grim tyrant feel the eternal wound . As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care , Seeks ...
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