 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 Seiten
...concludes:* •— "She comes, she comes! the sable throne behold! Of 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 Seiten
...repeated to us, in his forcible melodious manner, the concluding lines of the ' Dunciad.' " — BOSWBLL. 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 Seiten
...repeated to us, in his forcible melodious manner, the concluding lines of the ' Dunciad.'" — BOSWELL. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 Seiten
...the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! «so 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 Seiten
...obeys the power. She comes! she comes! the sable throne behold Of 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 Seiten
...THE DUNCIAD. SHE comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 Seiten
...obeys the power. She conies ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 Seiten
...power. She comes ! she conies ! the sable throne behold * Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! liefore y arms she slipp'd like empty Or dreams, the vain illusions of the mind. ! v shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 Seiten
...power. She comes ! she comes ! lhc sable throne behold Of night primeval, and of Chaos old ! liefore 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 Seiten
...obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of 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... | |
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Night primaeval 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... 
