 In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored;...  POPE, SELECTED POEMS; THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM; THE MORAL ESSAYS; THE DUNCIAD - Strona 115autor: THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1848 - Liczba stron: 574
...her sacred tires; And unawares Morality expires. No public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; No human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread...restored; LIGHT dies before thy uncreating word. Thy hand, greta Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And universal darkness buries all ! " The opinions promulgated... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - Liczba stron: 642
...nor glimpse diTine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored ; Light dies hefore thy nncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness huries all. REMARKS. ENJJ OF VOLUME II. ELEGANT GIFT B00KS. PUBLISHED AND FoR SALE BY PUBtlSHERS; BOOKSEttERS... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - Liczba stron: 646
...for aid on Sense ! See Mystery to MathemaIics fly ! In vain ! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares...lets the curtain fall ; And universal darkness buries all. THE END. ERRATA, Page 42. Note—After the word " plerumque," read " alioqui nee scriberem," &c.... | |
 | 1875 - Liczba stron: 676
...one, at dread Medea's (¡train, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain." Dunciad, bk. iv. " Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." flunciad, last lines. "Ah. Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - Liczba stron: 510
...giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares morality expires. 650 Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine ; Nor...lets the curtain fall And universal darkness buries all. REMARKS. Hoarcth again to the skies. As prophecy hath evcrbwcsi of the chief provinces uf poe>y,... | |
 | 1850 - Liczba stron: 836
...Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares morality expires. Nor pablic (lame, nor prirate dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse...thy uncreating word : Thy hand great Anarch lets the curtail! fall, Aud universal darkness buries ¡ill.'' In conclusion, I may be allowed to say a few... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - Liczba stron: 332
...o'er her head; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." ** In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, * "He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - Liczba stron: 332
...cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. No public flame, nor private, dares to shine, Nor human...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all,"1 In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, to the very greatest height which his sublime... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - Liczba stron: 342
...Mathematics fly ! In vain ! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion blushing veils her sacred flres, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor...glimpse divine. Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy unereating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - Liczba stron: 360
...o'er her head ; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares...shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. 1 " He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible melodious manner, the concluding lines of the ' Dunciad.'... | |
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