 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...these the chief the eare of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. ' Our hnmbler 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 the imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. ' Our humhler province is to tertd c Drydc rude a gale, Nor let the imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1837 - 764 pages
...confining his sense to the couplet, and of extending it in compositions of a different species. " Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing...exhale ; . , To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers, To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in showers, A brighter wash — " Rape of the Lock,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 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 the imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1839 - 620 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 pleasing, though less glorious care j To save the powder from too rough a gale, Nor let ih* iniprisoi'M essences exhale; To draw fresh... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 352 pages
...Shenstone's criticism, but I shall content myself with adding the following from the " Rape of the Lock." Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing though less glorious care. Though our modern poets have already destroyed so many beautiful dactyles, it will be long, I hope,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...Shenstone's criticism, but I shall content myself with adding the following from the " Rape of the Lock." Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing though less glorious care. Though our modern poets have already destroyed so many beautiful dactyles, it will be long, I hope,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...but I shall content myself with adding the following from the " Rape of the Lock." •I. A- • Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing though less glorious care. • Though our modern poets have already destroyed so many beautiful dactyles, it will be long, I hope,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...Shenstone's criticism, but I shall content myself with adding the following from the " Rape of the Lock." Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing though less gloritnis care. Though our modern poets have already destroyed so many heautifnl dactyles, it will... | |
 | Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley - 1840 - 328 pages
...described it, it looked as if the " sylphs and sylphids " were in reality in attendance on her beauty. To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs, To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in show'rs, A brighter wash ; to curl her waving hairs, Assist her blushes, and inspire... | |
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Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions 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... 
