 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 354 pages
...Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaoi old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay,...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635 The fick'ning ftars fade offth' ethereal plain ; As Argus,'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 370 pages
...falls : The Miife obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. REMARKS. VER. 624.*T7.?# Venal quiet, end &c.] It were a Problem worthy the folution of that profound... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 248 pages
...Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Cbaas old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay,...drops, and in a flafh expires. REMARKS. worthy the folution of that profound Scholiafr, Mr. Upton liimfelf (and perhaps not of Icfs importance than fome... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 368 pages
...the colours ot Fancy, and damp the fire of Wit, before they proceed to their greater work. , . V7. Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in aflafh expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635 The fick'ning ftars fade off th' ethereal... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 388 pages
...humi moricntia corpora fundis?" Virg. She comes! me comes! the fable Throne behold Of Nipbt Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded...decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit moots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...fhe comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old ! " Before her, Fancy1 & gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows...fires, *' The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. " As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, " The fick'ning flars fade off th' ethereal " plain ; <l... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...{he comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old ! " Before her, Panels gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows...its momentary fires, " The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. " As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, " The fick'ning fiars fade off th' ethereal... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...• " She comes ! fhe 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 (hoots in vain its momentary fires, " The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. " As one by one, at... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 212 pages
...fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Gnaas old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decayr, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit fhoots...fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires-. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, The fick'ning ftars fade off th'ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 pages
...Primœval, and of Chaos old ! 630 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 Medea's flrain, 635 The fick'ning ftars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus'... | |
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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... 
