 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
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1873 - 496 pages
...ennuyeux ou choquant, le détail est admirable. Il en est ainsi à la fln de tous les 1. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head I Philosophy that lean'd on Heav'n before Shrinks to her second cause and his no more. Physic of metaphysic... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed, one by one, to everlasting rest; — Thus, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. Sce skulking Faith to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head; * " He (Johnson)... | |
 | John Bascom - English literature - 1874 - 348 pages
...As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, 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 Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that... | |
 | John Bascom - English literature - 1893 - 458 pages
...Thus, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head 1 Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Religion,... | |
 | John Reynell Morell - Literature - 1874 - 236 pages
...qualified as paving stones to crush flies, and the following instance is given : — " See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head 1 Philosophy, that lean'd on heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; 630 Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that... | |
 | sir John Skelton - 1876 - 430 pages
...and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after art goes out, and nll is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1876 - 466 pages
...; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Close 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 Truth to her own cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy that... | |
 | English literature - 1877 - 630 pages
...Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...might, Art after art goes out and all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that... | |
 | R. W. Dale - Preaching - 1877 - 330 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." Or if it is hardly fair to say that the presence of the drowsy goddess sinks their whole intellectual... | |
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