The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... woes , O Goddess , sing , That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian May Jove ...
... woes , O Goddess , sing , That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian May Jove ...
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... woes , and triumphs in my tears : To rocks and seas I fly from Phaon's hate ,. And you that rule Sicilia's happy plains , Have pity , Venus , on your poet's pains ! Shall fortune still in one sad tenor run , And still increase the woes ...
... woes , and triumphs in my tears : To rocks and seas I fly from Phaon's hate ,. And you that rule Sicilia's happy plains , Have pity , Venus , on your poet's pains ! Shall fortune still in one sad tenor run , And still increase the woes ...
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... woes ; Oh , name for ever sad ! for ever dear . Still breathed in sighs , still ushered with a tear . I tremble too , where'er my own I find , Some dire misfortune follows close behind Line after line my gushing eyes o'erflow , Led ...
... woes ; Oh , name for ever sad ! for ever dear . Still breathed in sighs , still ushered with a tear . I tremble too , where'er my own I find , Some dire misfortune follows close behind Line after line my gushing eyes o'erflow , Led ...
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... woes are o'er , When this rebellious heart shall beat no more , If ever chance two wandering lovers brings To Paraclete's white walls and silver springs , O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads , And drink the falling tears ...
... woes are o'er , When this rebellious heart shall beat no more , If ever chance two wandering lovers brings To Paraclete's white walls and silver springs , O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads , And drink the falling tears ...
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... woes deplore , Full well they merit all they feel , and more . Unawed by precepts human or divine , Like birds and beasts promiscuously they join : Nor know to make the present blessing last , To hope the future , or esteem the past ...
... woes deplore , Full well they merit all they feel , and more . Unawed by precepts human or divine , Like birds and beasts promiscuously they join : Nor know to make the present blessing last , To hope the future , or esteem the past ...
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