 Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain;...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 184by Alexander Pope - 1890 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 1048 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprcst, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped 011 her head ; Philosophy, that reached the heavens before, Shrinks to her hidden cause, and is no... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 516 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...her old cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped on her head ; Philosophy, that reached the heavens before, Shrinks to her hidden cause, and is no more.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes5 by Hermes* wand opprcst, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...Truth to her old cavern fled*, Mountains of casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Ph i/o s-орЛу, that lean'd on Heaven before 5, Shrinks to her second cause,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her...goes out, and all is night See skulking truth to her own cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy, that leaned on heaven before,... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 824 pages
...The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus's eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd'o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is... | |
 | England - 1845 - 812 pages
...The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus's eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...all is night. See skulking Truth to her old cavern lied, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks... | |
 | England - 1845 - 814 pages
...The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus's eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt...might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. See sknlking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head ! Philosophy, that... | |
 | John Wilson - Criticism - 1846 - 360 pages
...strain, As Argus's eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain; Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach,...secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is night. Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Shrinks to... | |
 | American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppressed, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her...goes out, and all is night See skulking truth to her own cavern fled, Mountains of casuistry heaped o'er her head ! Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - England - 1847 - 454 pages
...The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain,— As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress't, Close one by one to everlasting rest. Thus, at her felt...might, Art after art goes out, and all is night." The anti-scientific influences of the principle have, however, not been restricted to the cloisters... | |
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