 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 stars fade off th' ethereal plain;...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Strona 184autor: Alexander Pope - 1890 - Liczba stron: 550Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - Liczba stron: 410
...at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Faith to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped...before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And, unawares, Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - Liczba stron: 570
...635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. 640 See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled*, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy,... | |
 | 1871 - Liczba stron: 678
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...second cause, and is no more. Physic of metaphysic begs defense, And metaphysic calls for aid on sense ! See mystery to mathematics fly ! In vain ! they gaze,... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - Liczba stron: 570
...her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more....begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on sense ! . . . Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - Liczba stron: 586
...her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that Ican'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more....begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on sense ! . . . Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - Liczba stron: 660
...strain The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed, one by one, to everlasting rest ; — Thus,...before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And, unawares, Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - Liczba stron: 414
...Tims, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See skiilking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry...before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. * " He (Johnson) repeats to ns, in his forcible melodious manner, the concluding lines of the ' Dunciad.'... | |
 | John Reynell Morell - 1874 - Liczba stron: 236
...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head 1 Philosophy, that lean'd on heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and...begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on sense ! Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor... | |
 | John Bascom - 1874 - Liczba stron: 348
...As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out,...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - Liczba stron: 312
...ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; 630 Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is... | |
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