water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air. An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Side 219af Joseph Warton - 1806 - 8 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1720 - 302 sider
...nymphs, their elemental tea; ' The graver prude finks downward to a Gnome, In fearch of mifchief flill on earth to roam. The light coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair,': • '-' And fport and flutter in the fields of air. Know farther yet; whoever fair and chafte Rejedts.mankind,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 sider
...Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude finks downward to a Gnome, In fearch of milchief ftill on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And fport and flutter in the fields of Air» Know farther yet ; whoever tair and Rejecls mankind, is by... | |
| Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Argens (marquis d') - 1766 - 390 sider
...Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude fijiks downward to a Gnome-, f In fearcli of Mifchief ftill on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And fport and flutter in the Fields of Air. It muft be acknowledged, dear I/aac, that it is limply impoflible... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 288 sider
...nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver Prude finks downward to a Gnome, In fearch of mifchief ftill on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And fport and flutter in the fields of air. Know farther yet ; whoever, fair and chafle, Rejefts mankind,... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 sider
...their elemental " Tea. " The graver Prude finks downward to a " Gnome, " In fearch of mifchief ftill on Earth to roam. " The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, " And fport and flutter in the fields of Air." Befides the delicate ftrokes of Satire and play of imagination... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 sider
...elemental " Tea. "The " The graver Prude finks downward to a " Gnome, " In fearch of mifchief ftill on Earth to roam. " The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, " And fport and flutter in the fields of Air." Befides the delicate ftrokes of Satire and play of imagination... | |
| John Bell - 1796 - 524 sider
...souls retire : The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a salamander's name; fo Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip,...tea; The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In aearch of mischief still on earth to roam ; The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, (% And sport... | |
| 1782 - 516 sider
...nymphs, their elemental tea; ' The graver prude finks downward to a Gnome, ' In fearch of mifchief ftill on earth to roam ; ' The light coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, ' And fport and flutter in the fields of air. • Know farther yet ; whoever, fair and chafte, ' Rejefts... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 sider
...Nymphs, their elemental tea : The graver Prude finks downward to a Gnome-, In fearch of mifchief ftill on earth to roam : The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And iport and flutter in the fields of air. THE RATE OF THE LOCK, VI p. I JO. THE THE TOILET. AND now,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 146 sider
...their souls retire : The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip,...repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air. ' Know further yet; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some sylph embrac'd : For spirits,... | |
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