 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...Qmfye, after death furvive. For when the Fair in all their pride expire; To their firft Elements the Souls retire : The Sprites of fiery Termagants in flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And Tip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. * The graver Pjrude... | |
 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...For when the fair in all their pride expire, To their firft ele.ments the fouls retire: The fprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to water glide'away, > • And fip, with nymphs, their elemental tea; ' The graver... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...ftill regards, And tho' fhe plays no more, o'erlooks the cards. Her joy in gilded Chariots, when aljve, 55 And love of Ombre, after death furvive. For when...with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude fmks downward to a Gnome, In fearch of mifchief ftill on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1756 - 348 pages
...Mortua lafcivnm refoluta liquefcit in ignem, Aut abit in molles fingula nympha notes : jEthereofque Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And fip with...elemental tea. The graver Prude finks downward to a gnomtf, In fcarch of mifchief frill on earth to roam. The light Coquettes in fylphs aloft repair, And... | |
 | Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Argens (marquis d') - Antisemitism - 1766 - 390 pages
...Ombre, after Death furvive. For when the Fair in all their Pride expire, To their firft Elements the Souls retire : The Sprites of fiery Termagants in Flame, Mount up, and take a Salamander's Name. Soft yielding Minds to Water glide away, And'fip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...For when the Fair in all their pride expire, To their firft Elements their Souls retire : The fpritei of fiery Termagants in Flame ' *• Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And fip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver Prude... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...not when Woman?s tranfient breath " is fled, 5* That all her Vanities at once are deadj ********** '* For when the Fair in all their pride expire, " To...in Flame, " Mount up and take a Salamander's name. " Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, " And fip, with Nymphs, their elemental " Tea. " The " The... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...not when Woman's tranfient breath " is fled, ;" That all her Vanities at once are dead; #*##**»**# " For when the Fair in all their pride expire, " To...in Flame, " Mount up and take a Salamander's name. " Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, " And fip, with Nymphs, their elemental " Tea. "The " The... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...And love of Ombre, after death survive. For when the fair in all their pride expire, To their first elements their souls retire : The sprites of fiery...termagants in flame Mount up, and take a salamander's name; fo Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea; The graver prude... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 400 pages
...For when the Fair in all their pride expire, To their firft Elements their Souls retire : The fprites of fiery Termagants in Flame Mount up, and take a...with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver Prude fmks downward to a Gnome, In fearch of mifchief ftill on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs... | |
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Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields... 
