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Thus the Cyprian goddess weeping , Mourn'd Adonis , darling youth ; Him the
boar , in silence creeping , Gored with unrelenting tooth . Cynthia , tune
harmonious numbers ; Fair discretion , string the lyre ; Soothe my ever - waking
slumbers ...
Thus the Cyprian goddess weeping , Mourn'd Adonis , darling youth ; Him the
boar , in silence creeping , Gored with unrelenting tooth . Cynthia , tune
harmonious numbers ; Fair discretion , string the lyre ; Soothe my ever - waking
slumbers ...
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This truth he wrappeth in an allegoryl ( as the construction of epic poesy requireth
, ) and feigns that one of these goddesses had taken up her abode with the other
, and that they jointly inspired all such writers and such works . He proceedeth ...
This truth he wrappeth in an allegoryl ( as the construction of epic poesy requireth
, ) and feigns that one of these goddesses had taken up her abode with the other
, and that they jointly inspired all such writers and such works . He proceedeth ...
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It would never , ' say they , ' have been esteemed sufficient to make a hero for the
Iliad or Æneis ; that Achilles was brave enough to overturn one empire , or
Æneas pious enough to raise another , had they not been goddess born , and
princes ...
It would never , ' say they , ' have been esteemed sufficient to make a hero for the
Iliad or Æneis ; that Achilles was brave enough to overturn one empire , or
Æneas pious enough to raise another , had they not been goddess born , and
princes ...
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... of this Revolution ; 5 and was a gossip at her christening , with the bishop and
the ladies .. As to his birth , it is true he pretendeth no relation either to heathen
god or goddess ; but , what is as good , he was descended from a maker of both .
... of this Revolution ; 5 and was a gossip at her christening , with the bishop and
the ladies .. As to his birth , it is true he pretendeth no relation either to heathen
god or goddess ; but , what is as good , he was descended from a maker of both .
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The college of the goddess in the city , with her private academy for poets in
particular : the governors of it , and the four cardi . nal virtues . Then the poem
hastes into the midst of things , presenting her , on the evening of a lord - mayor's
day ...
The college of the goddess in the city , with her private academy for poets in
particular : the governors of it , and the four cardi . nal virtues . Then the poem
hastes into the midst of things , presenting her , on the evening of a lord - mayor's
day ...
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| Заглавие | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author ... Том 2 от The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, Theophilus Cibber |
| Автор | Alexander Pope |
| Издател | Z. & B. F. Pratt, 1846 |
| Оригиналът е от | Мичиганският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 25 май 2007 |
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