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From “The Rape of the Lock,” Canto II. ll. 7–18. / ON her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, …
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What beck'ning ghost, along the moonlight shade / Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade? …
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From “An Essay on Man,” Epistle IV. / WHAT ’s fame?—a fancied life in others’ breath, …
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From the “Essay on Man,” Epistles I. and IV. / LO, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind …
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From “An Essay on Man,” Epistle IV. / HONOR and shame from no condition rise; …
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A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil’s Pollio / YE nymphs of Solyma! begin the song: …
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Happy the man, whose wish and care / A few paternal acres bound, …
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I KNOW a thing that 's most uncommon; / (Envy, be silent and attend!) …
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Espérons ! espérons ! Vers le Seigneur sans cesse / Élevons nos esprits, il nous fera largesse …
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Vital spark of heav'nly flame! / Quit, O quit this mortal frame: …
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[Lord Bolingbroke] / From “An Essay on Man,” Epistle IV. …
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From “Moral Essays,” Epistle I. / SEARCH thou the ruling passion; there, alone, …
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From “The Rape of the Lock,” Canto I. / AND now, unveiled, the toilet stands displayed, …
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Father of all! in every age, / In every clime adored, …