 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal llow'rs; 95 To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes,...we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow." 100 " This day black omens threat the brightest fair That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Epic poetry, English - 1798 - 146 pages
...draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes,...we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. ' This day black omens threat the brightest fair That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care ; Some... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes,...we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. ' This day black omens threat the brightest fair That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some dire... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs ; 95 To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes,...we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. 100 This day black omens threat the brightest fair That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care ; Some... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs. The satire on the follies and frailties of the female sex, which this poem so abundantly contains,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs. The satire on the follies and frailties of the female sex, which this poem so abundantly contains,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs, To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in show'rs, A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes,...we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow.* The * Cant. ii. ver. 91. The seeming importance given to every part of female dress, each of which... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop iu show'rf A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs. The Gnomes are much less distinctly represented ; but the Cave of Spleen affords a striking specimen... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in showers A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs ; May oft, in dreams, invention we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. " This day black... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...fresh colours from the vernal tlow'rs ; To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in show'rs, A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes,...we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. ' This day black omens threat the brightest fair That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care ; Some... | |
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A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs; Nay oft, in dreams, invention we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. 
