 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 lehte
...obst'.rve how the words "present" and "lifted" carry on the drama of the scene) : — " Prtsent the cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die ; Ah then, thy once-loved Eloisa see : It will be then no crime to gaze on me." (That is, I think, a highly impassioned... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 628 lehte
...: in sacred vestments mayst thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah, then, thy once-loved Eloisa see ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. 330 See from my cheek the transient... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 lehte
...thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the cross before my lifted eye, ^Ceach me at once, and learn of me, to die. Ah then, thy once-loved Elo'isa see ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. See from my cheek the transient roses... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 580 lehte
...sacred vestments may'st thou stand, 325 The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. 1 [cf. the second stanza of the Dying Chris- from Oldham on the death of Adonis. Wartm tian to his... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1870 - 524 lehte
...in sacred vestments may'st thou stand, the hallowed taper trembling in thy hand, present the cross before my lifted eye, teach me at once, and learn of me, to die. Ah ! then, thy once-loved Eloi'sa see ! it will be then no crime to gaze on me : see from my cheek the transient roses... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 lehte
...in sacred vestments may'st thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah, then thy once-loved Eloisa see ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. sso See from my cheek the transient... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 lehte
...sacred vestments may'st thou stand, 325 The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. [cf. the second stanza of the Dying Chris- from Oldham on the death of Adonis. Warton an to his Soul.}... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 836 lehte
...in sacred vestments may'st thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the cross were a matchless pair; With equal virtue fbrm'd, and equal grace. The same, distinguis Eloi'sa see! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. See from my cheek the transient roses fly ! See... | |
 | John McGovern - 1880 - 762 lehte
...— in sacred vestments mayst thou stand, The hallowed taper trembling in thy hand, Present the cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me, to die. Ah! then thy once loved Eloisa see! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. See from my cheek the transient roses... | |
 | Alfred Thomas T. Verney- Cave (5th baron Braye.) - 1881 - 230 lehte
...in sacred vestments mayst thou stand, , The hallowed taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me, to die. " ' And by the fine passage in the same poem : — " How happy is the blameless vestal's lot, The world... | |
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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... 
