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" Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! 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... "
The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: The Dunciad - Page 227
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: The Dunciad

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 370 pages
...Miife obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. REMARKS. VER. 624.*T7.?# Venal quiet, end &c.] It were a Problem worthy the folution of that profound...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 6

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 248 pages
...Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Cbaas old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay,...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. REMARKS. worthy the folution of that profound Scholiafr, Mr. Upton liimfelf (and perhaps not of Icfs...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 246 pages
...Mufe obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primzval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay,...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. REMARKS. worthy the fotation of that profound Scholiaft, Mr. Upton himfelf (and perhaps not of lefs...
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The Dunciad, in four books

Alexander Pope - 1757 - 368 pages
...the colours ot Fancy, and damp the fire of Wit, before they proceed to their greater work. , . V7. Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in aflafh expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635 The fick'ning ftars fade off th' ethereal...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 388 pages
...corpora fundis?" Virg. She comes! me comes! the fable Throne behold Of Nipbt Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit moots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...{he comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old ! " Before her, Panels gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows...its momentary fires, " The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. " As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, " The fick'ning fiars fade off th' ethereal...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...• " She comes ! fhe comes ! the fable Throne " behold " Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old ! .*' Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, " And all its varying Rain-bows die away. *' Wit (hoots in vain its momentary fires, " The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires. " As one by one, at...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last ...

Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 pages
...obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! ihe comes * ! the fable Throne f behold Of Night Primœval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain bows die away. Wit fhoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flafh expires....
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 340 pages
...to quiet. SCRIBL. She comes ! (he comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay,...vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's ftrain, 635. The fickening ftars fade off" th' ethereal...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 32-34

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...to quiet. SCRIBL. She comes ! (he comes ! the fable Throne behold Of Night Primaeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit (hoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flam expires. As one by one, at dread...
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