 Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning...  The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq - Página 288de Alexander Pope - 1797 - 3650 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 354 páginas
...Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaoi old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 370 páginas
...falls : The Miife obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. REMARKS. VER. 624.*T7.?# Venal quiet, end &c.] It were a Problem worthy the folution of that profound... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 248 páginas
...Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Cbaas old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. REMARKS. worthy the folution... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 246 páginas
...faUs : the Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primzval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded...decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. REMARKS. worthy the fotation... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 368 páginas
...the colours ot Fancy, and damp the fire of Wit, before they proceed to their greater work. , . V7. Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in aflafh expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 páginas
...! " Before her, Panels gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows die away. " Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, " The meteor drops, and...a flam expires. " As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, " The fick'ning fiars fade off th' ethereal " plain ; '* As Argus' eyes, by Hermes* wand oppreft,... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 páginas
...• " She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old ! .*' Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows die away. *' Wit (hoots in vain its momentary fires, " The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. " As one by one, at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 340 páginas
...old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and...in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635. The fickening ftars fade off" th' ethereal phin; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 páginas
...intrance than barely to quiet. SCRIBL. She comes ! (he comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded...decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit (hoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 páginas
...obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! me comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay,, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. . Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expire'»'.J As one by one, at... | |
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