The Works of Alexander Pope: Translations and imitationsJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... skies , But Mars on thee might look with Venus ' eyes . O fcarce a youth , yet scarce a tender boy ! O useful time for lovers to employ ! 100 Pride of thy age , and glory of thy race , 105 Come to these arms , and melt in this embrace ...
... skies , But Mars on thee might look with Venus ' eyes . O fcarce a youth , yet scarce a tender boy ! O useful time for lovers to employ ! 100 Pride of thy age , and glory of thy race , 105 Come to these arms , and melt in this embrace ...
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... skies may streaming glories fhine , 341 And Saints embrace thee with a love like mine . May one kind grave unite each hapless name , And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! NOTES . VER . 343. May one kind grave etc. ] Abelard and ...
... skies may streaming glories fhine , 341 And Saints embrace thee with a love like mine . May one kind grave unite each hapless name , And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! NOTES . VER . 343. May one kind grave etc. ] Abelard and ...
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... skies . The Eastern front was glorious to behold , With di'mond flaming , and Barbaric gold . NOTES . VER . 81. There great Alcides etc. ] This figure of Her- cules is drawn with an eye to the position of the famous Aatue of Farnese . P ...
... skies . The Eastern front was glorious to behold , With di'mond flaming , and Barbaric gold . NOTES . VER . 81. There great Alcides etc. ] This figure of Her- cules is drawn with an eye to the position of the famous Aatue of Farnese . P ...
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... skies : 245 Scarce to the top I ftretch'd my aking fight , So large it fpread , and swell'd to fuch a height . Full in the midst proud Fame's imperial seat With jewels blaz❜d , magnificently great ; The vivid em'ralds there revive the ...
... skies : 245 Scarce to the top I ftretch'd my aking fight , So large it fpread , and swell'd to fuch a height . Full in the midst proud Fame's imperial seat With jewels blaz❜d , magnificently great ; The vivid em'ralds there revive the ...
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... skies . At ev'ry breath were balmy odours fhed , - Which still grew fweeter as they wider spread ; Lefs fragrant scents th'unfolding rose exhales , Or fpices breathing in Arabian gales . IMITATIONS . ' And fome the warned well and fair ...
... skies . At ev'ry breath were balmy odours fhed , - Which still grew fweeter as they wider spread ; Lefs fragrant scents th'unfolding rose exhales , Or fpices breathing in Arabian gales . IMITATIONS . ' And fome the warned well and fair ...
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Página 28 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Página 31 - Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Página 31 - The darksome pines that o'er yon rocks reclin'd Wave high, and murmur to the hollow wind, The wand'ring streams that shine between the hills, The grots that echo to the tinkling rills, The dying gales that pant upon the trees, The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze ; No more these scenes my meditation aid, Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
Página 38 - And smooth my passage to the realms of day; See my lips tremble, and my eyeballs roll, Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul! Ah no — in sacred vestments may'st thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die.
Página 26 - No happier task these faded eyes pursue ; To read and weep is all they now can do. Then share thy pain...
Página 38 - Present the Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'd Eloisa see!
Página 39 - When this rebellious heart shall beat no more; If ever chance two wand'ring 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 each other sheds, 350 Then sadly say, with mutual pity mov'd, "Oh may we never love as these have lov'd!
Página 71 - As on the smooth expanse of crystal lakes The sinking stone at first a circle makes ; The trembling...
Página 30 - With other beauties charm my partial eyes, Full in my view set all the bright abode, And make my soul quit Abelard for God. Ah think at least thy flock deserves thy care, Plants of thy hand, and children of thy pray'r.
Página 26 - Nor prayers nor fasts its stubborn pulse restrain, Nor tears for ages taught to flow in vain. Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose, That well-known name awakens all my woes.