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" For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen. "
The Rape of the Lock,: An Heroi-comical Poem, - Page 34
by Alexander Pope - 1798 - 79 pages
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...suited the debauched taste of the better vulgar. For, that sad moment, -when the Sylphs withdrew, 11 And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd, to search the...
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The Works of Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...CANTO IV Umhvf 1 Umbriel As ever *« weepmg rrom Belinda flew, ' aii- Jty melancholy sprite, sullied the fair face of light Down to the central earth, his proper scene Repair d to search the gloomy cave of Spleen Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome And in a vapour...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 1

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1859 - 352 pages
...die, Not Cynthia when her mantua's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such rage, resentment, and despair, As thou, sad virgin ! for thy ravish'd hair. For, that sad...sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, TJmbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...cum ferro talia ecdant l " CATULL. do com. Berenices. 7 " At regina sravl," &e.— VIRO. JEneid. iv. that low and ignoble species which pretendeth to virtues...but the laudable ambition of being gazed at for glor AB ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search...
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Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...die, Not Cynthia when her mantua's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such rage, resentment, and despair, As Ihnu, sad virgin ! for thy ravish'd hair. For, that sad...the Sylphs withdrew And Ariel weeping from Belinda Hew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central...
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Temple Bar, Volume 69

1883 - 598 pages
...following authority from the ' Eape of the Lock': 'Umbriel, a dusky* melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repaired to search the gloomy cave of Spleen ' ! " When Pitt was assaulted in St. James's Street on...
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The Journal and Correspondence of William, Lord Auckland, Volume 1

William Eden Baron Auckland - Europa - 1861 - 564 pages
...authority, from the 4 Rape of the Lock':"— " Umbriel, a dusky melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repaired to search the gloomy cave of spleen." When 'the anecdote was told me, the word melancholy...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 pages
...die, Not Cynthia when her mantua's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such rage, resentment, and despair, As thou, sad virgin ! for thy ravish'd hair. For, that sad...flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, , Repair'd to search the...
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Original double acrostics [signed A.B.].

Anne Bowman - 1866 - 208 pages
...picture; Refuse it not, it hath no tongue to vex you." 3 "A dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper sphere, Repaired." 4 " Upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue." 0 " Worshipped...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with life of the author and notes by J ...

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...awry, E'er felt such rage, resentment, and despair, As thou, sad virgin ! for thy ravish'd hair. 10 For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And...flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy, sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the...
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