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... lives , it may be said , with equal truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every collection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this ...
... lives , it may be said , with equal truth , that few have been more generally honoured by posterity . In every collection of poetry , Pope stands pre - eminent . No author is oftener read , and none oftener quoted : and he owes this ...
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... live ! THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds unwholesome dews ; Arise , the pines a noxious shade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must Time obey . Adieu , ye vales , ye mountains , streams ...
... live ! THYRSIS . But see , Orion sheds unwholesome dews ; Arise , the pines a noxious shade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must Time obey . Adieu , ye vales , ye mountains , streams ...
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... Live in description , and look green in song ; These , were my breast inspir'd with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive ...
... Live in description , and look green in song ; These , were my breast inspir'd with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive ...
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... lives in air . In genial spring , beneath the quivering shade , Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead , The patient fisher takes his silent stand , Intent , his angle trembling in his hand ; With looks unmov'd , he hopes the ...
... lives in air . In genial spring , beneath the quivering shade , Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead , The patient fisher takes his silent stand , Intent , his angle trembling in his hand ; With looks unmov'd , he hopes the ...
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... lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal ...
... lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heaven with more than mortal ...
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