Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise,... Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry - Page 188edited by - 1791Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...unite, 135 Transform'd to Combs, the speckled and the white. Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux....Beauty puts on all its Arms; The Fair each moment rises in her Charms, 140 Repairs her Smiles, awakens ev'ry Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of... | |
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