 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...speaks so well should ever speak in vain : Bat by this lock, this sacred lock, I swear, <Which ne*er more shall join its parted hair ; Which never more...renew, Clipp'd from the lovely head where late it grew) Hat, while my nostrils draw the vital air, This hand, which won it, shall for ever wear.* He spoke,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
..." It grieves me much (reply'd the peer again) Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain ; But by this Lock, this sacred Lock, I swear, (Which never...it grew) That while my nostrils draw the vital air, Tliis hand, which won it, shall for ever wear." He spoke, anil, speaking, in proud triumph spread The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...'• It grieves me much (reply'd the peer again) Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain , But by this Lock, this sacred Lock, I swear, (Which never...parted hair; Which never more its honours shall renew, f'lipp'd from the lovely head where late it grew) That while iny nostrils draw the vital air, This... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...grieves me much (reply 'd the peer again) 131 Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain: But by this Lock, this sacred Lock, I swear, (Which never...parted hair; Which never more its honours shall renew, 136 Clipp'd from the lovely head where late it grew,) That, while my nostrils draw the vital air, This... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...were. Kaj/ie of the Lock, Canto iii. 45. The next is in imitation of Achilles's oath in Homer. But by this lock, this sacred lock, I swear, (Which never...triumph spread The long-contended honours of her head. - Ibid. Canto iv. 1 33. The following imitates the history of Agamemnon's sceptre in Homer. . * A true... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 418 pages
...this sacred Lock, I swear, ( Which never more shall join its parted hair ; Which never more its honour shall renew, Clipp'd from the lovely head where late...spread The long-contended honours of her head. But Umbriel, hateful gnome ! forbears not so ; He breaks the vial whence the sorrows flow. Then, see !... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 424 pages
...were. Rape of the Lock, Canto iii. 45. The next is in imitation of Achilles's oath in Homer. But by this lock, this sacred lock, I swear, (Which never...parted hair, Which never more its honours shall renew, Clip'd from the lovely head where late it grew,) That while my nostrils draw the vital air, This hand,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...box. It grieves me much (replied the peer again) Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain ; But by this Lock, this sacred Lock, I swear, (Which never...more shall join its parted hair; Which never more its honour shall renew, Clipp'd from the lovely head where late it grew) That while my nostrils draw the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...more its honoors shall renew, Clipp'd from the lovely head where late it grew) That while my nustrils draw the vital air, This hand, which won it, shall for ever wear.' He spoke, and speaking, in proud triomph spread The long-contended honoors of her head. But Umhriel, hateful Gnome ! forhears nut *O... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...It grieves me much (reply'd the peer again), Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain ; But by den adoration and blank awe ? So dear to Heaven sliall for ever wear. " He spoke, and, speaking, in proud triumph spread The long-contended honours... | |
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Clipp'd from the lovely head where late it grew) That, while my nostrils draw the vital air, This hand, which won it, shall for ever wear. 
