 | 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...expires-. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, The fick'ning ftars fade off th'ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft, Clos'd one... | |
 | 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,...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' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 346 pages
...SCRIBL. She comes ! (he comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft, Clos'd one by one to everlafting reft ; Thus at her felt approach, and fecret might, Art after... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 366 pages
...behold *— Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, i-~~ And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit fhoots...th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft, Clos'd one by one to everlafting reft; Thus at her felt approach, and fecret might, Art after... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 338 pages
...Primaeval, 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,...th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft, Clos'd one by one to everlafting reft ; Thus at her felt approach, and fecret might, Art after... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 340 pages
...SCRIBL. She comes ! (he comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635. The fickening ftars fade off" th' ethereal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...SCRIBL. She comes ! (he 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. Wit (hoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! me comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay,, And all...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expire'»'.J As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, The fick'ning ftars fade off th'ethereal plain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 340 pages
...primum, quern poftremum affera Virgo <> Pejecis ? .ml quot iuimi, merientia corf era fundis .'" VUG. Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635 The fick'ning ftars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppreft, Clos'd one by... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1794 - 426 pages
...decay, And all its varying rainbows fade away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor falls, 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, by Hermes' wand oppreft, Clos'd... | |
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Night primeval 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 stars... 
