 Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the Men's wits against the Lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. \ See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 96by Alexander Pope - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 lehte
...him with a frown; She smiled to see the doughty hero slain, But at her smile the beau revived again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair; The doubti'ul beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See! fierce... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 lehte
...with a frown ; She smil'd to see the doughty hero slain, But, at her smile, the beau reviv'd again. 876 lo side ; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See, fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 lehte
...LITERATURE. fA.D. 171* died in metaphor and one in song ; one was killed by a frown, but revived by a smile. See fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor feared the chief the unequal fight to try, \Vho sought no more than on his foe to die. THI IHTii.r.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 454 lehte
...from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! " And so, when the conflict begins : — "Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air; Weighs the men's wits against the ladies' hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 lehte
...him with a frown ; She smiled to see the doughty hero slain, But at her smile the beau revived again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs...flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes; Nor feared the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 lehte
...with a frown; She smil'd to see the doughty hero slain, But at her smile the Beau reviv'd again. 710 Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs...hairs subside. See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, 715 With more than usual lightning in her eyes; Nor fear'd the Chief th' unequal fight to try, Who... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 lehte
...hath to silver turned ; 0 time too swift ! O swiftness never ceasing ! GEORGE PEELE : Polyhymnia. N7ow Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the...; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. POPE. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair; Sume hang upon the pendants of her ear. POPE. This... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 lehte
...however, there is some sparkle in his lines, and, we read in "The Rape of the Lock " — "Now love suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's...side, At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside." Again, his friend Mrs. Blount found London rather dull than gay — " She went to plain work and to... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 lehte
...however, there is some sparkle in his lines, and, we read in "The Rape of the Lock "— " Now love suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's...side, At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside." Again, his friend Mrs. Blount found London rather dull than gay — " She went to plain work and to... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1879 - 252 lehte
...none at all : "But this bold Lord, with manly strength She with one finger and a thumb subdued." " The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside." They are both in the fifth canto. There is another in the " Essay on Criticism " : " Unfinished things... | |
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