| R. W. Dale - 1877 - 330 Seiten
...Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...might, Art after art goes out, and all is night." Or if it is hardly fair to say that the presence of the drowsy goddess sinks their whole intellectual... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1878 - 532 Seiten
...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...rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, * Bishop of Salisbury. Art after art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1878 - 660 Seiten
...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...the ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes by. Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after... | |
| William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 Seiten
...strain, The tokening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd Clot'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus, at her felt...cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her liead. Philosophy, that lean' A on heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic... | |
| 1989 - 204 Seiten
...strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th'ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach,...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. The last line, though, tells us that this is no ordinary epic vision, but rather a monstrous allegory... | |
| Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 Seiten
...Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows 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 stars fade off th'ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one... | |
| David Daiches - 1979 - 336 Seiten
...Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eves by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her...might, Art after Art goes out, .and all is Night. She skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head! Philosophy,... | |
| F. R. Leavis - 1986 - 380 Seiten
...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...the ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after... | |
| Ulrich Broich - 1990 - 252 Seiten
...strain, The sick'ning Stars fade off th'anhereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach,...might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. See sculking Truth in her old cavern lye, Secur'd by mountains of heap'd casuistry: Philosophy, that touch'd... | |
| George Edgar Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin - 1992 - 284 Seiten
...strain, The sick'ning Stars fade off th'aethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest: Thus at her felt approach,...might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. See sculking Truth in her old cavern lye, Secur'd by mountains of heap'd casuistry: Philosophy, that touch'd... | |
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