 | John Dryden - 1713 - 614 Seiten
...Figure it began : The golden Age, to Silver was debas'd : To Copper that ; our Mettal came at laft. The Face of Places, and their Forms, decay; And that...Shore, Make folid Land, what Ocean was before ; And far from Strands are Shells of Fifties found, And rufty Anchors fix'd on Mountain-Ground : And what... | |
 | Callimachus, William Dodd - 1755 - 262 Seiten
...all things in nature are fubjeft : So Ovid fays (METAM. 1. 15.) Vidl ego, quad fuer at quondam, &c. The face of places, and their forms decay. And that is folid earth, that once was fea : Seas in their turn retreating from the ihore, Make folid land what ocean was before : And what... | |
 | Callimachus, William Dodd - 1755 - 266 Seiten
...all things in nature arc fubjeét : So Ovid fays (METAM. 1. 15. ) Vidi ego, quad fuerat quondam, &c. The face of places, and their forms decay. And that is folid earth, that once was fea : Seas in their turn retreating from the ihore, Make folid land what ocean was before : And what... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 Seiten
...figure it began : The golden age to filver was debas'd : . To copper that; our metal came at laft. The face of places, and their forms, decay ; And that is folid earth, that once was fea : Seas in their turn retreating from the fhore, Make folid land, what ocean was before ; And far... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 Seiten
...the figure it began : The golden age to filver was debas'd : To copper that ; our metal came at laft. The face of places, and their forms, decay ; And that is folid earth, that once was fea: Seas in their turn retreating from the more, Make folid land, what ocean was before ; And far... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 396 Seiten
...the figure it began : The golden age to filver was debas'd : To copper that ; our metal came at kit. The face of places, and their forms, decay ; And that is folid earth, that once was fea : Seas in their turn retreating from the fhore, Make folld land, what ocean was before ; And far... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 362 Seiten
...the figure it began ; The golden age to filver was debas'd : To copper that ; our metal came at laft. The face of places, and their forms, decay; And that is folid earth, that once was fea : Seas in their turn, retreating from the fhore, Make folid land what ocean was before ; And far... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 Seiten
...the figure it began : The golden age to filver was debas'd: To copper that ; our metal came at laft. hz I < wa- fea: Seas in their turn, retreating from the (höre, Make folid land what ocean was before ; And... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 Seiten
...¡t began: The gelden age to filver was dcbas'd: To copper that; our metal came at laft. The ¡ace of places, and their forms, decay ; And that is folid earth, that once was fra: Seas in their turn, retreating Irom the Ihore, Make folid land what ocean was before ; And far... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 496 Seiten
...copper that ; our metal came at last. The face of places, and their forms, decay, And that is solid earth, that once was sea ; Seas, in their turn, retreating from the shore, Make solid land what ocean was before ; And far from strands are shells of fishes found, And rusty anchors... | |
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The face of places, and their forms, decay ; And that is solid earth, that once was sea ; Seas, in their turn, retreating from the shore, Make solid land, what ocean was before... 
