 | William Enfield - 1804 - Liczba stron: 418
...hue ; Black , but such as in esteem, Prince Memnon's sister might beseem , Or that starr'd Ethiope queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs , and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended ; The bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary... | |
 | 1804 - Liczba stron: 496
...blaci; 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.... The poet could not but be aware, that to give his goddess the complexion of an African,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - Liczba stron: 924
...unluckily, is from my breast Hal'd out to murder. Stakspiart. s. Decorated with stars. That starr d Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs. Milieu. He furious hurl'd against the ground His sceptre, starr'd with golden studs around. Pope. STA'RRV.... | |
 | 1806 - Liczba stron: 408
...Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem, I'rince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiope queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their pow'rs offended; Yet thou art higher far descended. Thee bright-hair'd Vesta long of yore To solitary Saturn bore ;... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - Liczba stron: 696
...Wisdom's fade; « • Black, Inn such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended." Melancholy is here represented, it was first observed, as a negro, for what else... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - Liczba stron: 418
...with black, 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 ofFendejl: Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - Liczba stron: 540
...with black, 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Liczba stron: 560
...with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince M emnon'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 thon art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - Liczba stron: 270
...with black, 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 20 The Sea-Nymphs, and thi'ir pow'rs offended: Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Liczba stron: 490
...with black, 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-nyntnhs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended ; Thee bright-hair'd Vesta... | |
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Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view... 
