| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne." 90 " Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing,...though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' impri-on'd essences exhale; Todraw fresh colours from the vernal llow'rs;... | |
| Alexander Pope - Epic poetry, English - 1798 - 146 pages
...: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing,...though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing,...though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs;... | |
| William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 514 pages
...his sense to the couplet, and of extending it farther, in compositions of a different species, " Our humbler province is to tend the fair, " Not a less...To save the powder from too rough a gale, " Nor let th'imprison'd essences exhale ; " To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers, " To steal from rainbows,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 90 Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing,...though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...rain. But with admirable appropriation he proceeds, addressing himself exclusively to the Sylphs: Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing,...though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' imprisoned essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...rain. But with admirable appropriation he proceeds, addressing himself exclusively to the Sylphs : Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing,...though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' imprisoned essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...in the following passage, has excelled any thing in Shakespeare, or perhaps in any other author. Our humbler province is to tend the fair ; Not a less...colours from the vernal flow'rs, To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in show'rs, A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...in the following passage, has excelled any thing in Shakespeare, or perhaps in any other author. Our humbler province is to tend the fair; Not a less pleasing,...To save the powder from too rough a gale, Nor let th5 imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs, To steal from rainbows,... | |
| John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...spirits better adapted to their charge than his Sylphs. It is theirs To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale ;...colours from the vernal flow'rs ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop iu show'rf A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire... | |
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