 Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles...  The English Parnassus: Being a New Selection of Didactic, Descriptive ... - Page 332by John Adams - 1789 - 352 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 lehte
...eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : VARIATIONS. VEB. 4. From hence the poem continues, in the first edition, to rer. 46 . The rot the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 lehte
...eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : TARIATIONS. VEB. 4. From hence the poem continues, in the first edition, to ver. 4C :— The rest... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 lehte
...eye, and palls upon the sense. Addison's Cato. Yet graeeful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Mi-fht hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide ; If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her faee, and you'll forget 'em all. Popt's Rape of the Loek.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 lehte
...strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pritle, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide; If to her sharp some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. This Nymph, to the destruction... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 lehte
...eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide. If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. Mont Blanc is the monarch... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 lehte
...eyes the gazers strike. And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide; If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. Tins Nymph, to the destruction... | |
 | John Halperin - 1975 - 352 lehte
...Eyes the Gazers strike, And, like the Sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide: If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em all. (n, 10-18) 'The tone is... | |
 | James E. Gill - 1995 - 468 lehte
...There is a small but particularly resonant change in the last line: Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide: If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forgive 'em all. (1712, 1.31-34) This is... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 lehte
...eyes the gazers strike. And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction... | |
 | Steven H. Gale - 1996 - 690 lehte
...(1.16l and especially lines which provide a satirical view of women: "Yet graceful ease and sweetness void of pride / Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults / to hide" (2.1516l. Characteristic, too, are lines which provide a humorous anticlimax: Whether the Nymph shall... | |
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