 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 Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 360by Alexander Pope - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...The sickening stars fade oft' the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed. Closed ot so fierce ; Find yon the virtue, and I'll End the verse. Bat random praise — the task 640 Sec skulking truth to her old cavern 6cd, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy,... | |
 | Satire, English - 1831 - 790 pages
...The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'dj Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...might* Art after art goes out, and all is night : See skulking truth to her old cavern fled,t Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head I Philosophy, that... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Croly - 1835 - 312 pages
...vii. — lOt meministis enim, Divae, et memorare potestia : Ad nos vix tenuis famse perlabitur aura. Thus, at her felt approach, and 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 - 1835 - 320 pages
...on the Muse ; that, all besides being asleep, she could only relate what passed. Scriblerus.— PW Thus, at her felt approach, and 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 - English poetry - 1836 - 320 pages
...sickening stars fade oIf the ethereal plain; ; As Argus' eyes, hy Hermes' wand oppress'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 uld cavern fled. Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head !. Philosophy,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...sickening stars fade otf the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, hy Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed one hy Alexander" Alexander Pope( 640 See skulking truth to her old cavern fled. Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy,... | |
 | 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 felt...might, Art after art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped on her head ; Philosophy, that... | |
 | 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 felt...might, Art after art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped 011 her head ; Philosophy, that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes5 by Hermes* wand opprcst, Closed the cloud-topp'd hill, an humbler heaven ; Some safer...woods embraced, Some happier inland in the watery skulking Truth to her old cavern fled*, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Ph i/o s-орЛу,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...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 felt...might, Art after art goes out, and all is night See skulking truth to her own cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy, that... | |
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