 Goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows....  The British anthology; or, Poetical library - Page 9by British anthology - 1825Full view - About this book
 | George Campbell - 1860 - 458 lehte
...priestess at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of pride ; Unnumber'd treasures opes at once, and here The various offerings of the world...toil, And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. * In allusion to the Evn^fiijcf A VMM, an expression which frequently vcuvs both in the Iliad and in... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - 468 lehte
...altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of pride; Unnumbered treasures ope at once, and hero The various offerings of the world appear; From each...with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glitter'ng spoil." hyparodies! What other compositions are of a similar nature? Give tho Enbstance... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 lehte
...The inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride. Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings...yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs,... | |
 | 1863 - 568 lehte
...The inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride. Unnumbered treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings...curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glittering spoils. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box ; The tortoise... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1863 - 816 lehte
...The inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride. Unnumbcr'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings...From each she nicely culls with curious toil. And decke the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 lehte
...rites of Pride. Unnumbered treasures ope at once, and here The various ofl'erings of the world appear j From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And...the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gums unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box: The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transformed... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1863 - 470 lehte
...The inferior priestess at her altar' s side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of pride ; Unnumbered treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear ; • From each sho nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glitter'ng spoil." bj parodies f... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 lehte
...Th' inferior Priestess, at hej altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of Pride. Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings...with the glittering spoiL This casket India's glowing gums unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box : The tortoise here and elephant unite, Translorm'd... | |
 | Acrostics - 1865 - 260 lehte
...blow.' 5. ' Yes ! she will wake again, Although her glowing limbs are motionless.' 6. ' Unnumbered treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings...appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil.' 7. ' Overhead upgrew, Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 324 lehte
...: Jam reparat risus, jam surgit gratia visus, Jam promit cultu miracula latentia vultu ; Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings...white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Pufls, powders, patches, Bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms, The fair each... | |
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