 She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval 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...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Էջ 374Alexander Pope - 1807 - 408 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 էջ
...philofophical, and pious • " She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old ! .*' 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 flafh expires. " As one by one, at... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 էջ
...falls : the Mufe 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... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1794 - 436 էջ
...anarchy, obfcurity and barbarifm.' She comes, flic comes ! the fable throne behold Of Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows fade away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor falls, and in a flam expires. A» one... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1794 - 426 էջ
...anarchy, obfcurity and barbarifm. She comes, fhc comes ! the fable throne behold Of Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows fade away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor falls, and in a flafh expires. As one... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 էջ
...thy song ! In vain, in vain— the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the pow'r. She comes! she comes! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! 650 Before her Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 196 էջ
...obeys the pow'r. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Tight primeval, and of Chaos old 1 630 Before her Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, 635 The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 184 էջ
...song ! ****** In vain, in vain the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the muse obeys the pow'r. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 i Before her Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 էջ
...the pow'r. She comes ! she comes ! the sable tbrone hehold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, 686 The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 էջ
...vain — the all-composing hour Resistless fails : the Muse obeys the pow'r. She comes! she comes I the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of...Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the" ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, 6" Olos'd one by one to everlasting rest;... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 էջ
...reminded of an Apostle's assertion, " When I became a man, I put away childish things." Before him fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows...fires ; The meteor drops, and in a flash expires." Jones (of Nayland,) in a note to Bishop Horne's character of Voltaire, says of him, that, " By making... | |
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