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
| 1854 - Liczba stron: 398
...such a devil of me in his writings afterwards, without any reason that I know of.' — Spence. t * In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes, Of...greens ; Joy lives not here— to happier seats it Hies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes.* ' These sweet and musical lines, which fall on... | |
| 1856 - Liczba stron: 598
...and garden, and are to be found in Warton, ii. 369., and in Sup. Vol., p. 14. They begin, — " Ah, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes." Then came the quarrel with Lady Mary, and these six lines were suppressed. Pope, however, never threw... | |
| Robert Carruthers - 1857 - Liczba stron: 578
...lovers know— In vain my structures rue, my gardens grow; In vain fair Thames reflects the doable scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens:...happier seats it' flies, And only dwells where Wortley caste her eyes. "' What are the gay parterre, the cheqner'd shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade,... | |
| Joseph SPENCE - 1858 - Liczba stron: 488
...among the most impassioned of Pope's productions, and evidently speak the language of his heart. " Ah friend ! 'tis true— this truth you lovers know —...— to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where WOKTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the evening... | |
| Joseph Spence - 1858 - Liczba stron: 442
...of Pope's productions, and evidently speak the language of bis heart. " 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 WOKTLET casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre,... | |
| Joseph Spence - 1858 - Liczba stron: 454
...productions, and evidently speak the language of his heart. " Ah friend ! 'tis true — this truth yon lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens...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, the... | |
| Joseph Spence - 1858 - Liczba stron: 468
...among the most impassioned of Pope's productions, and evidently speak the language of his heart. " Ah friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain fair Thames re8ects the double scenes, Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens : Joy lives not here, — to... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1859 - Liczba stron: 330
...else, except your wife. TO MR. GAY, WHO HAD CONGRATULATED POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where "VVortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the evening... | |
| William Chambers - 1859 - Liczba stron: 600
...passion, we shall give them here. Only the last eight lines are pub • lished in his works : — ' Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know —...In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of banging mountains and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - Liczba stron: 636
...here. Only the last eight lines are published in his works : — ' Ah, friend, 'tis true — tbi» truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In rain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens : Joy lives... | |
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