 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 - Stran 184avtor: Alexander Pope - 1890 - 550 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 564 strani
...rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains...that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second caflse, and is no more. Physic of metaphysic begs defence, And metaphysic calls for aid on sense !... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - 466 strani
...; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Close one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Truth to her own cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy that leaned on Heaven before,... | |
 | 1877 - 630 strani
...strain, The sickening 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...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... | |
 | R. W. Dale - 1877 - 330 strani
...Medea's 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." Or if it is hardly fair to say that the presence of the drowsy goddess sinks their whole intellectual... | |
 | Robert William Dale - 1877 - 344 strani
...Medea's 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." Or if it is hardly fair to say that the presence of the drowsy goddess sinks their whole intellectual... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1878 - 518 strani
...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, nor... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 strani
...strain, The tokening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd Clot'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus, at her felt...truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her liead. Philosophy, that lean' A on heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 strani
...Hermes' wand oppress"d Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her felt approach and seeret might, Art after art goes out, and all is night. See...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... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1880 - 238 strani
...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...of casuistry heaped o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of Metaphysic begs defence,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 strani
...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...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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