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" 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 264
by British poets - 1822
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History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the ..., Volume 1

William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 516 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped on her head ; Philosophy, that reached the heavens before, Shrinks to her hidden cause, and...
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History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the ..., Volume 1

William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 1048 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprcst, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped 011 her head ; Philosophy, that reached the heavens before, Shrinks to her hidden cause, and...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes5 by Hermes* wand opprcst, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...fled*, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Ph i/o s-орЛу, that lean'd on Heaven before 5, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. But...
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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ..., Volumes 5-6

George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her...goes out, and all is night See skulking truth to her own cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy, that leaned on heaven before,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58

Scotland - 1845 - 824 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'd'o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58

England - 1845 - 812 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...all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern lied, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58

England - 1845 - 814 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...might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See sknlking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that...
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Specimens of the British Critics

John Wilson - Criticism - 1846 - 360 pages
...strain, As Argus's eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain; Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach,...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Shrinks to...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the ...

Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 pages
...sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, hy Hermes* wand oppreas'd, Closed one hy one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt approach,...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,...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 12

American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...goes out, and all is night See skulking truth to her own cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before,...
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