 | English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...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, 635 The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus's eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 196 pages
...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, 635 The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...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, 686 The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...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 sickening stars fade off the' etherial plain ; As Argus' eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...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 sickening stars fade off the" ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 374 pages
...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, 635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes,... | |
 | England - 1845 - 808 pages
...Before her fancy's gilded clonds decay, And all its varying raiubows 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 the ethereal plain ; As Argus's eyes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...Serihl. Before her, faney's gilded elouds decay, And all its varying rainhows dip away. Wit shouts in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one hy one, at dread Medes's strain, The sickening stars fide oli'the ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, hy Hermes' wand oppress'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 390 pages
...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, • 635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus'... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 294 pages
...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 sickening stars fade off the' etherial plain; As Argus' eyes,... | |
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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 ;... 
