 | 1720 - 302 lehte
...foul! Ah no in facred veftments may'ft thou ftand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent the crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'd Eloifn fee! It win be.then no crime to gaze on me. See from my cheek the tranfient rofes fly! See the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1722 - 294 lehte
...Ahao— — in facred veflments may'ft thou ftand* The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent the crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once,...Eloifa fee ! It will be then no crime, to gaze on- me. See from my cheek the tranfient rofes fly? ' Se* the laft fparkle languifli in my eye ! TilLev'ry motion,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 254 lehte
...— in facred veftments may'ft thou fland, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent theCrofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to dip. Ah then, thy once-lov'd Eloi'fa fee ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. 330 See from my... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 338 lehte
...no — in facred veftments may'ft thou ftand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, 326 Prefent the crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'dEloi'fa fee ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me* '33*0 See from my cheek the tranfient... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 268 lehte
...no — in facred veftments may'ft thou Hand, 325 The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent the crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once,...to gaze on me. 330 See from my cheek the tranfient rofcs fly ! See the laft fparkle languifh in my eye ! 'Till ev'ry motion, pulfe, and breath be o'er... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1756 - 348 lehte
...no — iri facred veftraents mayft thou ftand, The hallow'd taper * trembling in thy hand, Prefent the crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me, to die \ She adds, that it will be fame confolation to behold him once more, tho' even in the agonies of death,... | |
 | Muse - 1757 - 248 lehte
...Ah no — in facred Veftments may'ft thou ftand, The hallow'd Taper trembling in thy Hand, Prefent the Crofs before my lifted Eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once lov'd Eloifa fee ! It will be then no Crime to gaze on me. See from my Cheek the tranfient Rofes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 304 lehte
...no—in facred veftments may 'ft thou ftand, 325 The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent the Crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once,...me. 330 See from my cheek the tranfient rofes fly ! See the laft fparkle languifh in my eye ! 'Till every motion, pulfe, and breath be o'er ; And ev'n... | |
 | Peter Abelard - 1760 - 208 lehte
...Soul ! Ah no in facred Veftments may'ft thou ftand, The hallow'd Taper trembling in thy Hand, Prefent the Crofs before my lifted Eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once lov'd E'oifa fee ! It will be then no Crime to gaze on me. See from my Cheek tho tranfient Rofes... | |
 | Richard Savage - 1761 - 226 lehte
...Ah no — in facred veftments may 'ft thou ftand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent the Crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once lov'd Eloifa fee \ It will be then no crime to gaze on me. See from my cheek the transient rofes... | |
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And smooth my passage to the realms of day; See my lips tremble, and my eyeballs roll, Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul! Ah no — in sacred vestments may'st thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my... 
