...Relate who first, who last, resign'd to rest ; 621 Whose heads she partly, whose completely blest , What charms could faction, what ambition lull, The venal quiet, and intrance the dull, [wrong; Till drown'd was sense, and shame, and right, and 0 sing, and hush the nations with thy song...

...venal quiet, and entrance the dull ; [wrong,— 'Till drown'd was sense, and shame, and right, anc 0 sing, and hush the nations with thy song ! ******...all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! sue comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before...

...completely bless' d ; What charms could faction, what ambition lull, The venal quiet, and entrance the dull ; Till drown'd was sense, and shame, and right, and wrong : — O, sing, and hush the nations with thy song ! * * * * » In vain, in vain ! The all-composing...

...description of the effects of the immortal yawn of the goddess, which finishes the Dunciad : — ' In vain, in vain ! the all-composing hour Resistless falls! the muse obeys the power. She comes! she comes! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old! Before her,...

...whose completely, blest; What Charms could Faction, what Ambition lull, The Venal quiet, and entrance the Dull; 'Till drown'd was Sense, and Shame, and Right, and Wrong — O sing, and hush the Nations with thy Song! бзб * * * * * * In vain, in vain — the all-composing...

...completely bless'd ; What charms could faction, what ambition, lull, The venal quiet, and entrance the dull ; 'Till drown'd was sense, and shame, and right, and wrong — 0 sing, and hush the nations with thy song ! In vain, in vain, — the all-composing hour Resistless...

...whose completely blest; What charms could faction, what ambition lull, The venal quiet, and entrance the dull; Till drown'd was sense, and shame, and right, and wrong— O sing, and hush the nations with thy song ! » * * * * « In vain, in vain—the all-composing hour...

...appear the propriety of each image, and the strength, terseness, and accuracy of each expression : — ' In vain, in vain — the all-composing hour Resistless falls ; the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes 1 the sable throne behold Of night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before...

...inherited from their fathers against the principles they are bequeating to their children ; but it will be In vain, in vain. The all-composing hour Resistless falls : the muse obeys the power. Before her fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all the varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in...

...predicted long ago, with an accuracy that seems little less than inspired, at the end of Pope's Dunciad. "In vain, in vain : the all-composing hour Resistless falls ! the muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throng behold Of night primaeval and of chaos old. Before...