 tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Strona 48autor: Alexander Pope - 1891Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1821 - Liczba stron: 346
...here, and I beg they may die the same death at Paris, and never go further than your closet : " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know —...hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives Hot here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Liczba stron: 276
...Sloane, Let me alone: Burlington brought me hither. 1742. A FRAGMENT. AH, friend! 'tis true—this truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise,...hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here,—to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - Liczba stron: 400
...1740. Bowles. TO MR. GAY, WHO HAD CONGRATULATED MR. POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. " AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...greens : Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Liczba stron: 398
...1740. Bowles. TO MR. GAY, WHO HAD CONGRATULATED MR. POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. " AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...greens : Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - Liczba stron: 400
...GAY, WHO HAD CONGRATULATED MR. POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. " AH, friend! 'tis true—this truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise,...greens: Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLET casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - Liczba stron: 318
...retirement, died in 1740. TO MR. GAY, WHO HAD CONGBATULATED POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...greens : Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - Liczba stron: 382
...for being the solitary example of amatory verse contained in his works. Ah friend ! 'tis true,—this truth you lovers know, In vain my structures rise,...flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh unheard in to the passing winds? So the struck deer, in... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - Liczba stron: 430
...die the same death at Paris, and never go further than your closet : "Ah, friend, 'tis true—this truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise,...sloping greens: Joy lives not here; to happier seats it flief, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequcr'd shade,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - Liczba stron: 394
...this account, as well as for being the solitary example of amatory verse contained in his works. Ah friend ! 'tis true, — this truth you lovers know,...hanging mountains, and of sloping greens ; Joy lives not hwe, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre,... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1837 - Liczba stron: 326
...read them I must and shall." Then, turning towards Lady Mary, he read the following lines : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true— this truth you lovers know, In...gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scene Of hanging woodlands, and of sloping green : Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies,... | |
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