He spoke; the spirits from the sails descend; Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair; Some hang upon the pendants of her ear: With beating hearts the dire event they wait, Anxious and trembling, for the birth... The Age of Pope (1700-1744) - Pagina 32door John Dennis - 1908 - 260 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 pagina’s
...contracting pow'r Shrink his thin efTence like a rivell'd flow'r : Or as Ixion fix'd, the wretch ihall feel The giddy motion of the whirling Mill, In fumes of burning Chocolate ihall glow, . * And tremble at the fea that froaths below ! He fpoke ; the fpirits from the fails defeend... | |
| 1720 - 302 pagina’s
...contracting pow'r Shrink his thin efience like a rivell'd ftow'rv Or as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel The giddy motion of the whirling mill, In fumes of burning chocolate ftiall glow, And tremble at the fea that froaths below! He fpoke; the fpirits from the fails defcend;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pagina’s
...contracting pow'r 131 Shrink his thin offence like a rivel'd flow'r : Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel The giddy motion of the whirling Mill, In fumes of burning Chocolate fhall glow, 135 And tremble at the fea that froths below ! He fpoke ; the fpirits from the fails defcend... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 pagina’s
...contracting pow'rr 3 i Shrink his thin eflence like a rivel'd flow'r : Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel The giddy motion of the whirling Mill, In fumes of burning Chocolate fhall glow, 1 35 And tremble at the fea that froths below ! He fpoke ; the fpirits from the fails defcend... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pagina’s
...contrafting pow'r Shrink his thin eflence like a rivtl'd flow'r : Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel * The giddy motion of the whirling Mill, In fumes of burning Chocolate fhall glow, 13^ And tremble at the fea that froths below ! With beating hearts the dire event they... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pagina’s
...allufion to the fhield of Achilles, 184 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel The giddy motion of the whirling Mill, In fumes of burning Chocolate (hall glow, 135 And tremble at the fea that froths below ! He fpoke; the fpirits from the fails defcend;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1760 - 316 pagina’s
...contracling pow'r Shrink his thin eflence like a rivel'd flow'r ; Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel The giddy motion of the whirling Mill, In fumes of burning Chocolate fhall glow, JK tremble at the fea that froths below | IMITATIONS. . 1 19.— cfypei dominus feptemplicis... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pagina’s
...contracting pow'r, Shrink his thin eflence like a rivell'd flow'r ; Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel The giddy motion of the whirling mill : In fumes of burning chocolate fhall glow, And tremble at the fea that froths below *. If Virgil has merited fuch perpetual commendation... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 288 pagina’s
...contrafting pow'r, Shrink his thin effence like a mrivel'd flow'r: / Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel The giddy motion of the whirling mill, In fumes of burning Chocolate lhall 3 low, And tremble at the feft that froths below ! He fpoke ; the fpirits from the fails drfccnd... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 pagina’s
...contracting pow'r " Shrink his thin eflence like a rivel'd flow'r : " Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch fhall feel " The giddy motion of the whirling Mill, " In fumes of burning Chocolate mall glow, *' And tremble at the fea that froths belqw ! " There is incomparable merit in raifmg a... | |
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