The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... arms draw forth th ' embattled train , March all his legions to the dusty plain . Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare even now The lofty walls of wide extended Troy ; towers For now no more the Gods with Fate contend ...
... arms draw forth th ' embattled train , March all his legions to the dusty plain . Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare even now The lofty walls of wide extended Troy ; towers For now no more the Gods with Fate contend ...
Page 55
... arms , to arms , to arms ! But when through all the infernal bounds , Which flaming Plegethon surrounds , Love , strong as death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all ...
... arms , to arms , to arms ! But when through all the infernal bounds , Which flaming Plegethon surrounds , Love , strong as death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all ...
Page 90
... arms , Demand our song ; a sacred fury fires My ravish'd breast , and all the muse inspires . O goddess ! say , shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times , Europa's rape , Agenor's stern decree , And Cadmus ...
... arms , Demand our song ; a sacred fury fires My ravish'd breast , and all the muse inspires . O goddess ! say , shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times , Europa's rape , Agenor's stern decree , And Cadmus ...
Page 91
... arms restrain , But scarce subsisted to the second reign . The gliding lightning , or descending star . Through crowds of airy shades she wing'd her flight , And dark dominions of the silent night ; Swift as she pass'd , the flitting ...
... arms restrain , But scarce subsisted to the second reign . The gliding lightning , or descending star . Through crowds of airy shades she wing'd her flight , And dark dominions of the silent night ; Swift as she pass'd , the flitting ...
Page 92
... arms . I from the root thy guilty race will tear , And give the nations to the waste of war . Adrastus soon , with gods averse , shall join In dire alliance with the Theban line : Hence strife shall rise , and mortal war succeed ; The ...
... arms . I from the root thy guilty race will tear , And give the nations to the waste of war . Adrastus soon , with gods averse , shall join In dire alliance with the Theban line : Hence strife shall rise , and mortal war succeed ; The ...
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