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.................................................... 7 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1839. ......................... 16 POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839. ........................................................................ 21 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY. TO THE VOLUME OF POSTHUMOUS POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1824.................................................

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume T wo, the Pennsylv... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...se, and tell me, was thy death more bless’d? Cutler saw tenants break, and houses fall; For very want he could not build a wall. His only daughter in ... ... driven by storms, and pouring o’er the plain, Swept herds, and hinds, and houses to the main. Through the brown horrors of the night he fled, Nor kno... ...urn from both, and call for oats. Others bring goods and treasure to their houses, Something to deck their pretty babes and spouses: My only token was... ...e-burning on Nov. 17, 1680, then became a trooper in King James’s army, at Hounslow Heath. After the Revolution he kept a booth at Bartholomew Fair, w...

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