 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
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1869 - 414 pages
...strain The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed, one by one, to everlasting rest ;— Thus,...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 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,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 410 pages
...Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed, one by one, to everlasting rest ; — Thus, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Faith to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ; Philosophy, that leaned... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed, one by one, to everlasting rest ; — Thus, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Faith to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ; Philosophy, that leaned... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1871 - 678 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 564 pages
...stupidity which extends over England and will swallow it up. What paving-stones to crush flies ! ' See skulking 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 no more. Physic of... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...stupidity which extends over England and will swallow it up. What paving-stones to crush flies ! ' See skulking 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 no more. Physic of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...strain The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed, one by one, to everlasting rest ; — Thus,...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...eke h" imagined this poem of a fresher date.— PW Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, es» Art after art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled,1 Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head t Philosophy, that lean'd on heaven before, Shrinks... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1873 - 590 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...might, Art after. Art goes out, and all is Night. 640 See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled4, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy,... | |
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