 Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus  The British poets, including translations - Page 264by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | England - 1845 - 808 pages
...The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus's eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap \ I o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second canse, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...Thos at her felt appruach, and seeret might, Art after art goes out, and all is night: • C4fl Sp* skulking truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philusophy, that lean'd on Heaven hefore, Shrinks to her second cause, antl is no more. l'hysir of... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...The sickening stars fade oft' the' etherial plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, 6'7 Closed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her...Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! IMITATIONS. 621 Relate tcho first, who last, resign'd to rest : Whose heads she partly, whose completely bless'd;]... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 394 pages
...635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. 640 See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! IMITATIONS.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 390 pages
...635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. 640 See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! IMITATIONS.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade offth' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd s begun : sculking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heop'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 406 pages
...635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her felt...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. 640 See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 412 pages
...635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her felt...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night. 640 See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...are too good, tndeed, to he named in such company. As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Cloeed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach,...and secret might,. Art after art goes out, and all w night: See skulking truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...extremes,) her sable flag displayed ; And all the nations covered in her shade !" Dunciad, book iii. 61. " Thus, at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after art goes out, and all is night." Like old Sesostris with barbaric pride; * * * a team of harnessed monarchs bend. Ver. 37. Like old... | |
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