 Night primeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows 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...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Pagina 131de William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pagini
...* * * « In vain, in vain—the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the power. 620 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by... | |
 | sir John Skelton - 1876 - 430 pagini
...plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. These are the closing lines of the Dunciad: — She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold, Of...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... | |
 | 1877 - 630 pagini
...vain — the all-composing hour Resistless falls ; the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes 1 the sable throne behold Of night primeval, and of...rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires Tho meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As ono by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars... | |
 | Robert William Dale - 1877 - 344 pagini
...between the vestry and the pulpit they had seen the sable throne of the goddess of the " Dunciad," — " Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. 1 " Society and Solitude." English reprint, p. 59. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening... | |
 | R. W. Dale - 1877 - 330 pagini
...between the vestry and the pulpit they had seen the sable throne of the goddess of the " Dunciad," — " Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. 1 " Society and Solitude." English reprint, p. 59. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1877 - 656 pagini
...description of the approach of the empire of Dulness, at the end of the poem: — She comes I she comes I the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of...its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. See skulking Truth to her old cavern... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame - 1878 - 388 pagini
...hour Resistless falls : the muse obeys the power. Before her fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all the varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its...momentary fires; The meteor drops and in a flash expires. Such literally is the effect with which atheism threatens the present resources of life. Incur own... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 332 pagini
...falls ! the muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throng behold Of night primaeval and of chaos old. Before her, fancy's gilded clouds...expires As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd Clos'd one... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 pagini
...falls ! the muse obeys the power. Site comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of night primeetal and of chaos old. Before her, fancy's gilded clouds...die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, TJte meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pagini
...Chaos old! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. IVit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops,...flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain 3, 635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd... | |
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