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... fame alive , And Dryden's Muse shall in his friend survive . ON ALEXANDER'S FEAST : OR , THE POWER OF MUSIC . AN ODE . From Mr. Pope's Essay on Criticism , I. 376 . HEAR how Timotheus ' varied lays surprise , And bid alternate passions ...
... fame alive , And Dryden's Muse shall in his friend survive . ON ALEXANDER'S FEAST : OR , THE POWER OF MUSIC . AN ODE . From Mr. Pope's Essay on Criticism , I. 376 . HEAR how Timotheus ' varied lays surprise , And bid alternate passions ...
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... fame , Nor want'st new glories to exalt thy name . What father else would have refused to own So great a son as godlike Absalom ? R. DUKE . TO THE CONCEALED AUTHOR OF ABSALOM AND ACHITHOPHEL . HAIL heaven - born Muse ! hail every sacred ...
... fame , Nor want'st new glories to exalt thy name . What father else would have refused to own So great a son as godlike Absalom ? R. DUKE . TO THE CONCEALED AUTHOR OF ABSALOM AND ACHITHOPHEL . HAIL heaven - born Muse ! hail every sacred ...
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... fame By chaunting Chloris ' or fair Phillis ' name ; Whose reputation shall last as long As fops and ladies sing the amorous song . A nobler subject wisely they refuse , The mighty weight would crush their feeble Muse . So story tells ...
... fame By chaunting Chloris ' or fair Phillis ' name ; Whose reputation shall last as long As fops and ladies sing the amorous song . A nobler subject wisely they refuse , The mighty weight would crush their feeble Muse . So story tells ...
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... fame and reputation ; and therefore I hope it will stir you up to make my Poem fairer by many of your blots : if not , you know the story of the gamester , who married the rich man's daugh- ter , and when her father denied the portion ...
... fame and reputation ; and therefore I hope it will stir you up to make my Poem fairer by many of your blots : if not , you know the story of the gamester , who married the rich man's daugh- ter , and when her father denied the portion ...
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... fame and honour , which in dangers lay ; Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew , Not to be gathered but by birds of prey . The loss and gain each fatally were great ; And still his subjects call'd aloud for war ; But peaceful kings ...
... fame and honour , which in dangers lay ; Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew , Not to be gathered but by birds of prey . The loss and gain each fatally were great ; And still his subjects call'd aloud for war ; But peaceful kings ...
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