 Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed,...  Poems on Several Occasions - Page 41by Thomas Parnell - 1760 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Parnell - 1722 - 240 pages
...proceeds apace, Deffly they frisk it o'er the Place, They fit, they drink, and eat j The time with frdlick Mirth beguile, And poor Sir Topaz hangs the while 'Till all the Rout retreat. * By this the Starrs began to wink, They skriek, they fly, the Tapers fink, And down ydrops the Knight. For never... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1760 - 268 pages
...Deftly they frifk it o'er the place, They fit, they drink, and eat ; The time with frolic mirth beguiley And poor Sir Topaz hangs the while 'Till all the rout retreat. By this the ftars began to wink, They fhriek, they fly, the tapers finfc, And down ydrops the knight. For never fpell by fairie laid With... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - English literature - 1767 - 250 pages
...The revel now proceeds apace, Deffly they frifk it o'er the place, They fit, they drink, and eat ; The time with frolic mirth beguile, And poor Sir Topaz...the while 'Till all the rout retreat. By this the ftarrs began to wink, They fkriek, they fly, the tapers fink, And down ydrops the knight. For never... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1767 - 274 pages
...Sir Topaz hangs the while, Till all the rout retreat. By this the ftars began to wink, They fhriek, they fly, the tapers fink, And down ydrops the knight: For never fpell by fairie laid With flrong enchantment, bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay,... | |
 | English poetry - 1770 - 268 pages
...The revel now proceeds apace, Deftly they friflc it o'er the place, They fit, they drink, and eat; The time with frolic mirth beguile, • And poor Sir...rout retreat. By this the ftars began to wink, They fhriek, they fly, the tapers fink, • And down ydrops the knight. For never fpell by fairie laid With... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1770 - 294 pages
...The revel now proceeds apace, Deftly they frifk it o'er the place, They fit, they drink, and eat ; The time with frolic mirth beguile, And poor Sir Topaz...the while 'Till all the rout retreat. By this the flars began to wink, They fkriek, they fly, the tapers fink, And down ydrops the knight. For never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 424 pages
...The revel .now proceeds apace, Deftly they frifk it o'er the place, They fit, they drink, and catj The time with frolic mirth beguile, And poor Sir Topaz...rout retreat. By this the ftars began to wink, They fhriek, they fly, the tapers fink, And down y-drops the knight i For never fpell by fairie laid With... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1779 - 422 pages
...The revel now proceeds apace, Deftly they frifk it o'er the place, . . They fit, they drink, and eat; The time with frolic mirth beguile, And poor Sir Topaz...rout retreat. By this the ftars began to wink, They fhriek, they fly, the tapers fink, And down y-drops the knight i For never fpell by fairie laid With... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...proceeds apace, Deftly they frifk it o'er the place, They fit, they drink, and eat ; The time with frolick mirth beguile, And poor Sir Topaz hangs the while Till all the rout retreat. By this the ftars began tr- wink; They fhriek, they fly, the tapers fink, And down ydrops the knight : For never fpell by fairie... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...The revel now proceeds apace, Deftly they frifk it o'er the place, They fit, they drink, .and eat ; The time with frolic mirth beguile, And poor Sir Topaz...rout retreat. By this the ftars began to wink, They 'fhriek, they fly, the tapers fink, And down ydrops the knight, For never fpell by fairie laid With... | |
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