 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
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - Liczba stron: 424
...Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after Ait goes out, and all is night. See skulking Truth to...heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy, that leaned on heaveu before, Sin-inks to her second cause, and is no more. Phjsic of Metaphysic begs defence, And... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - Liczba stron: 1108
...-train. The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus, at her...might. Art after art goes out, and all Is night.' Essay on Man (1733), the noblest of his works, the most influential, and the surest guarantee of his... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - Liczba stron: 1002
...Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eye, by Hermes' wand opprest, utary bauds, — That this most Seo skulking Truth, to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - Liczba stron: 668
...strain The sick'ning 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... | |
 | 1883 - Liczba stron: 540
...strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...might, Art after art goes out, and all is night. See sknlking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped on her head ; Philosophy, that... | |
 | 1989 - Liczba stron: 204
...strain, 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 approach,...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. The last line, though, tells us that this is no ordinary epic vision, but rather a monstrous allegory... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - Liczba stron: 164
...strain, 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 approach,...Night. See skulking Truth to her old Cavern fled, 641 Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - Liczba stron: 336
...Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eves by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her...might, Art after Art goes out, .and all is Night. She skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head! Philosophy,... | |
 | Ulrich Broich - 1990 - Liczba stron: 252
...strain, The sick'ning Stars fade off th'anhereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach,...might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. See sculking Truth in her old cavern lye, Secur'd by mountains of heap'd casuistry: Philosophy, that touch'd... | |
 | George Edgar Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin - 1992 - Liczba stron: 284
...strain, The sick'ning Stars fade off th'aethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest: Thus at her felt approach,...might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. See sculking Truth in her old cavern lye, Secur'd by mountains of heap'd casuistry: Philosophy, that touch'd... | |
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