The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Band 2 |
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... be silent , and who will not lye : To laugh , were want of goodness and of grace
, And to be grave , exceeds all pow'r of face . I lit with sad civility , I read With
honest anguish , and an aching head ; And drop at laft , but in unwilling ears ,
This ...
... be silent , and who will not lye : To laugh , were want of goodness and of grace
, And to be grave , exceeds all pow'r of face . I lit with sad civility , I read With
honest anguish , and an aching head ; And drop at laft , but in unwilling ears ,
This ...
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Say for my comfort , languishing in bed , » Just so immortal Maro held his head cs
: And when I die , be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand
years ago . Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink , my parents ”
...
Say for my comfort , languishing in bed , » Just so immortal Maro held his head cs
: And when I die , be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand
years ago . Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink , my parents ”
...
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His library , ( where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head )
Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race , Who first his judgment ask'd , and then a
place : Much they extoli'd his pictures , much his seat , And flatter'd ev'ry day ...
His library , ( where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head )
Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race , Who first his judgment ask'd , and then a
place : Much they extoli'd his pictures , much his seat , And flatter'd ev'ry day ...
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I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts , believe , and say my
pray'rs ; Can sleep without a poem in my head , Nor know , if Dennis be alive or
dead . Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light ? Heav'ns ! I born for nothing
but ...
I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts , believe , and say my
pray'rs ; Can sleep without a poem in my head , Nor know , if Dennis be alive or
dead . Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light ? Heav'ns ! I born for nothing
but ...
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His wit all see - law , between that and this , Now high , now low , now master up ,
now miss , And he himselfone vile antithesis . Amphibious thing ! that ačting
either part , The triding head , or the corrupted heart , ! 1 Fop at the toilet , Alati'rer
at ...
His wit all see - law , between that and this , Now high , now low , now master up ,
now miss , And he himselfone vile antithesis . Amphibious thing ! that ačting
either part , The triding head , or the corrupted heart , ! 1 Fop at the toilet , Alati'rer
at ...
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