 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 pages
...depends the general fate : An ace of hearts steps forth : the king unseen Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive queen: He springs to vengeance with an...sky ; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate : Sudden these honours... | |
 | H.G. Bohn - 1867 - 678 pages
...depends the gen'ral fate ; An ace of hearts steps forth : the king unseen Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive queen ; He springs to vengeance with an...sky. The walls, the woods, and long canals* reply. ECARTB. THE following treatise, for which we are indebted to the kindness of the Author, was written... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
....the general fate ; An Ace of Hearts steps forth ; the King, unseen, Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen : He springs to vengeance with an...sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh, thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden these honours... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...An Ace of Hearts steps forth : the King unseen Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Qneen : He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls...sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. 100 O thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! Sudden these... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh, thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon...victorious day. For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowu'd, The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ; On shining altars of Japan they raise The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...depends the gen'ral fate. An Ace of Hearts steps forth : The King unseen Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to Vengeance with an...sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. 100 Oh thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden, these... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1869 - 512 pages
...with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh, thoughtless mortals ! ever bund to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden...victorious day. For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd. The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ; On shining altars of Japan they raise The... | |
 | Charles Cowden Clarke - 1869 - 406 pages
...depends the gen'ral fate : An Ace of Hearts steps forth : the King unseen Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen : He springs to vengeance with an...pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace." " What an exact description of a court-card that is, about the King of Spades ! " exclaimed little... | |
 | English periodicals - 1871 - 930 pages
...Codille. And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) On one nice trick depends the general fate : The Ace of Hearts steps forth : the King unseen Lurk'd...pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. Nothing, surely, in the whole range of gay poetry can be more in harmony with its subject, and more... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1889 - 574 pages
...depends the general fate : An Ace of Hearts steps forth : the King nnseen Lurked in her hand, and mourned his captive Queen: He springs to vengeance with an...nymph, exulting, fills with shouts the sky ; The walls, and woods, and long canals reply." In fine contrast to this pure epio style is the inimitably ludicrous... | |
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Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen : He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. 
