 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 370 sider
...vain, in vain, — the all-compoiing Hour Refiftlefs falls : The Miife obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe 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. REMARKS. VER.... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 sider
...prophetic of this refloration, are at once poetical, philofophical, and pious • " She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval,...gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows die away. *' Wit (hoots in vain its momentary fires, " The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. "... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 sider
...are prophetic of this reftoration, are at once poetical, philofophical, and pious " She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old ! " Before her, Fancy1 & gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows die away. *' Wit fhoots in vain its momentary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 366 sider
...folution of Mr. Ralph and his Patron, who had lights that we know nothing of, • Which She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Thron'e 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 sider
...SongJ " ' ' In vain, in vain, — the all-compofing Hour Refiftlefs falls : the Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! me comes ! the fable Throne behold Of...gilded clouds decay,, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. . Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expire'»'.J As... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 328 sider
...In vain, in vain, the all-compofmg Hour Refiftlefs falls : the Mufe obeys the Power. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! i',: REMARK. Ver. 624. The Venal quiet, and, &c.] It were a Problem worthy the folution of Mr. Ralph... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1794 - 426 sider
...will enfue. — A genius is abroadj die genius of anarchy, obfcurity and barbarifm. She comes, fhc comes ! the fable throne behold Of Night primaeval...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 sider
...morientia corpora fund ,s'-"' r,rg. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 sider
...fails : the Muse obeys the pow'r. She comes! she comes I the sable throne behold Of 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... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 396 sider
...falls : the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold, Of 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. Nor public... | |
| |
Night primaeval 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... 
