 Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, 75 When music softens, and when dancing fires? Tis but their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Honour is...  Bell's Edition - Seite 79von John Bell - 1796Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 542 Seiten
...embraced : For spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please." What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly...dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires ? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1889 - 442 Seiten
...and what shapes they please. 7o In conrtly halls and midnight masqnerades, Safe from the treach'rons friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper...kind occasion prompts their warm desires, 75 When mnsic softens, and when dancing fires ? 'Tis bnt their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Hononr... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1889 - 416 Seiten
...Lock," all faults are laid upon sylphs ; when I make my inquiry, as the same author has it,i— *' What guards the purity of melting maids In courtly balls and midnight masquerades, Safe flora the treacherous friend and daring spark, Tlic glance by day, and whisper in the dark ? When kind... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 Seiten
...spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark — When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though honor is the word with men below. " Some nymphs there arc, too conscious of their face, For life predestined... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1885 - 72 Seiten
..."Bow'' in Hyde Park, England. 65. See Virg. J2n. vi. 663-5. A passion of the ladles for flne equipages. Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark,...? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Tho' honor is the word with men below. Some nymphs there are too conscious of their face, For life... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 176 Seiten
...: For spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. 70 What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly...? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Tho' honour is the word with men below. Some nymphs there are, too conscious of their face, For life... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1893 - 546 Seiten
...good example of Pope's habitual contempt for women . 70. Parody on " Paradise Lost," bk. i. 1. 423. What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly...? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Tho' honor is the word with men below. Some nymphs there are too conscious of their face, For life... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 Seiten
...: For Spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. 70 What guards the purity of melting Maids, In courtly...dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires? 'Tis but their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Honour... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 Seiten
...: For Spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. 70 What guards the purity of melting Maids, In courtly...dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires? 'Tis but their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Honour... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 Seiten
...For spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. -ft. What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades, Safe from the treacherous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion... | |
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