What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green ; Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through... Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Seite 11von Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 Seiten
...it mounts, to Man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness y between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from... | |
| 1891 - 672 Seiten
...for speed and sharp sight," and quotes Pope as an illustration, who says : — What modes of eight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain and the lynx's beam. Many older authorities for the lynx's sharpness of sight could be produced. Mr. Francis A. Knight,... | |
| George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 Seiten
...descriptive as the bars of Haydn's music in the oratorio of the Creation : — " What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam ; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green ; Of hearing, from the... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 Seiten
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam: Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green: Of hearing, from the life that fills the blood, 21s To that which warbles through the vernal wood ! The spider's touch how exquisitely fine... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 Seiten
...mounts to man's imperial race From the green myriads in the peopled grass; 210 What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 Seiten
...mounts to man's imperial race From the green myriads in the peopled grass; 210 What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1909 - 632 Seiten
...it mounts, to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of_smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from... | |
| 1910 - 498 Seiten
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green: Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through the vernal wood? The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine ! Feels at... | |
| 1910 - 492 Seiten
...it mounts to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green: Of hearing, from the... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 Seiten
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam: Of smell, the headlong lioness between And hound sagacious accord, And blessed plenty wait upon your board; And let your bed wit To that which warbles through the vernal wood : The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at... | |
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