 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 ページ
...concludes :— * " She comes, she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval and of Chaos old ; 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 ページ
...concludes : — * " She comes, she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval and of Chaos old ; 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... | |
 | 1871 - 678 ページ
...an organ : " She comes > she comes ! the sable throne behold Of night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires, As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 ページ
...the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! eso 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 ページ
...concludes : — * "She come?, she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval and of Chaos old-; 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 ページ
...Resistless falls: the Muse obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! she comes ! the sable Throne behold * Of Night primaeval and of Chaos old! 630 Before her, Fancy's...decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 ページ
...the poem : — She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old. Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. »»»«»* See skulking... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 622 ページ
...the poem : — She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old. Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. ****** See skulking Truth... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 ページ
...concludes :* — ' She comes, she comes 1 the sable throne behold Of Night primeval and of Chaos old; Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away; AVit shoots in vain its momentary tires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As, one by one,... | |
 | John Bascom - 1874 - 348 ページ
...excessive. " She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of night primeval, and of Chaos old ! 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. * English Humorists.... | |
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Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! 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... 
