 In vain! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored;...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., to which is Prefixed the Life of ... - Page 306by Alexander Pope - 1836Full view - About this book
 | 1796 - 500 lehte
...and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. 65a Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse Divine ! £o ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 184 lehte
...and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. 650 Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine ; Nor human spark...glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating 'word : Thy hand, great anarch ! lets the curtain fall,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 lehte
...and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.. 65fl Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse Divine ! Io ! tby dread empire, Chaos! isrestor'd; Light dies before tby uncreattng word : Thy hand, great... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 lehte
...and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. 6Jo Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! La! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd; Light dies hefore thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 lehte
...rave and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; Nor human spark...nor glimpse divine ! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! isrestor'd; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 lehte
...rave, and die, Religion blushing veils her sacred fire», And unawares Morality expires. 65* Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine : Nor human spark...glimpse divine ! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restord Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 374 lehte
...rave, and die. Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. 650 Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; Nor human spark...left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, CHAUS ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain... | |
 | 1845 - 808 lehte
...rave, and die. ' Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; Nor human spark...glimpse Divine ; Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ;... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 596 lehte
...poets. 326 Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. Nor public flame nor private dares to shine, Nor human spark...! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 600 lehte
...poets. • Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. Nor public flame nor private dares to shine, Nor human spark...thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness... | |
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