 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 - Seite 288von Alexander Pope - 1797 - 3650 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 340 Seiten
...primum, quern poftremum affera Virgo <> Pejecis ? .ml quot iuimi, merientia corf era fundis .'" VUG. 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... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 328 Seiten
...Hrft place Wot otu the Colours of Fancy, and damp the fire of 'Wit, before they proceed to their work. 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... | |
 | 1796 - 500 Seiten
...the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse cbe3's the pow'r. She comes! she comes! the sahle throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old!...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... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 Seiten
...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 vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 Seiten
...th' ethereal plain; A> Argus' eyes, bfHcrmts' wand oppreft, Clos'd one by one to cvcrlalting rcit: Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die .iway. Wit (hoots in vain its momentary fires> Tlie meteor drops, and in a flaln expirei. As one by... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 196 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 184 Seiten
...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 vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 Seiten
...fundis ?" VIRG. WARBURTON. Till drown'd was Senfe, and Shame, and Right, and Wrong — 625 O fing, and hufh the Nations with thy Song ! ****** In vain,...vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635 The f1ck'ning ftars fade off th' ethereal... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 448 Seiten
...the Pow'r. She comes ! flic comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primeval, and of Chaos old ! 63* Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635 The fick'ning ftars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 468 Seiten
...vain, in vain, — the all-compofing Hour Refiftlefs falls : The Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primeval,...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... | |
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