 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...Sick was the sun, the owl forsook his bower, The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light ; Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...that sluggish Substance, 1 hand than of our Poet : of which I am much more and Warburton. Then rose the Seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out Order, and extinguish Light, Of dull and venal a new World1 to mould, 15 And bring Saturnian days of Lead and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...Sick was the sun, the owl forsook his bower, The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, • To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1873 - 590 pages
...Chaos, and of Night, To blot out Order, and extinguish Light, Of dull and venal a new World1 to mould, 1 And bring Saturnian days of Lead and Gold. She mounts the Throne : her head a Cloud conceal' d, In broad Effulgence all below reveal'd; ('Tis thus aspiring Dulness ever shines) Soft on... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...world envelop, and th' inclement air Persuades men to repel benumbing frosts. JOHN PHILIPS, Then rose the seed of chaos and of night, To blot out order and extinguish light. POPE. Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night, The skies yet blushing... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...Sick was the sun, the owl forsook his bower, The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...world envelop, and th' inclement air Persuades men to repel benumbing frosts. JOHN PHILIPS. Then rose the seed of chaos and of night, To blot out order and extinguish light. POPE. Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night, The skies yet blushing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1882 - 572 pages
...and of Night, To blot out Order, and extinguish Light,* Of dull and venal3 a new World to mould,' it And bring Saturnian days of Lead and Gold.* She mounts...conceal'd, In broad Effulgence all below reveal'd ; 6 ('Tis thus aspiring Dulness ever shines) Soft on her lap her Laureate son reclines.7 20 remote... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1882 - 544 pages
...extinguish Light,* Of dull and venal ' a new World to mould,' And bring Saturnian days of Lead and Gold.5 She mounts the Throne : her head a Cloud conceal'd,...broad Effulgence all below reveal'd ; * ("Tis thus aspiring Dulness ever shines) Soft on her lap her Laureate son reclines.' remote its beauties from... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. </. MILTON— Paradise Lost. Bk. IL Line 894. Then rose / - extinguish light. A. POPE— The Uuncuul. Bk. IV. Line 13. Nay. had I power, I should Pour the swe<... | |
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The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold. 
