 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers oflended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 834 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd urns of Chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole ; And tears began : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore;... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue , Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd ikin : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended ; Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 sider
...staid Wisdom's line ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-haired Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem ; Or that starr'd r worse a,s pow'rs offended : Yet thou art higher far descended. Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore To solitary... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 sider
...staid wisdom' s hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem,9 Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-haired Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 sider
...staid wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, 9 Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended: Yet thou art higher far descended: Thee bright-haired Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore:... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 sider
...staid wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, 9 Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-haired Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore:... | |
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Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view... 
