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" And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs breathe their last ; Or when rich China vessels fall'n from high, In glitt'ring dust and painted fragments lie ! 160 " Let... "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions ... - Page 25
by Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pages
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...from her eyes, And screams of horrour rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven Orme & Brown glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine (The victor...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...from her eyes, And screams of horrour rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven are cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe...! Or when rich China vessels, fall'n from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine (The victor...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 pages
...their charms survive," &c. Which is much superior to a similar passage in the Dispensary. Canto v. Or when rich China vessels fall'n from high, In glitt'ring...twine (The Victor cry'd), the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British Fair, As long as...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...154 Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe their last ; NOTES. This line is an admirable parody on that passage of Milton, which, perhaps oddly enough, describes...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 pages
...! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When...twine, (The Victor cry'd,) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British Fair, As long as...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 pages
...horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, orwhen lap-dogs breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels...twine, (The Victor cry'd,) the glorious prize is mine! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British Fair, As long as...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 404 pages
...! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When...; Or when rich China vessels fall'n from high, In glitt ring dust, and painted fragments lie ! 160 Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...! Then flaeh'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. the sev'n Who in God's presence nearest to his throne, Stand ready at command, and are his Or when rich China vessels, fall'n from high, [last ! In glitt'ring dust and painted fragments lie...
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The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs breathe theirlast ; Or when rich China vessels fall'n from high, In glitt'ring dust, and painted fragments...
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The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life

Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...from her eyes , And streams of horror rend the affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven are cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe their last' Or when rich China vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! ' Let wreathe of triumph now my temples...
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