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
| John Halperin - Literary Criticism - 1975 - 352 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... | |
| 1903 - 248 pages
...elephant unite, Transformed 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, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her... | |
| Edgar Mertner, Thomas Parnell, John Mitford, Thomas Parnell, John Mitford - 320 pages
...elephant unite, 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, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, Pignrina jam miscot, quo plus sua purpura... | |
| Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...awful Beauty puts on all its Arms; 1, 139 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, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. As Belinda increases the deadly effect of her... | |
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