 | Francis Bowen - 1849 - 488 lehte
...triumph of dulness and obscurity, the poet exclaims, — " As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest, Thus, at her...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ; Philosophy, that leaned on heaven before, Shrinks to her hidden cause, and is... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1849 - 500 lehte
...triumph of dulness and obscurity, the poet exclaims, — " As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest, Thus, at her...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ; Philosophy, that leaned on heaven before, Shrinks to her hidden cause, and is... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 lehte
...f^vOviffouMi, o El fin 'OAi^ATiaSi; Movffai, Aio; ' ' And Virgil, JEn. vii. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash...the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after... | |
 | 1850 - 836 lehte
...Before her, Fancy'» gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash...the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting n*st ; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 lehte
...Ilefore hor, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash...expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The uickening stars fade off the ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprees'd, Closed one... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 628 lehte
...Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash...secret might, Art after art goes out, and all is night : 640 See skulking truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 438 lehte
...fulfilment : — w She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold, Of Night primeval and of Chaos old, As, one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening...ethereal plain, — As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Close one by one in everlasting rest. Thus, at her felt approach and secret might, Art after... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 468 lehte
...stars fade off the ethereal plain, — As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Close one by one in everlasting rest. Thus, at her felt approach and secret...might, Art after art goes out, and all is night." The anti-scientific influences of the principle have, however, not been restricted to the cloisters... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 342 lehte
...The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head, Philosophy that lean'd on heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Physic of Metaphysie begs... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 lehte
...fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As, one by one, at dread Medea's strain The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes,...Closed one by one to everlasting rest; — Thus, at her fell approach and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See skulking Faith to her... | |
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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 sickening... 
