 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 páginas
...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 - 1872 - 744 páginas
...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... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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.... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 páginas
...* * * « In vain, in vain—the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the power. 620 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... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - 466 páginas
...commemorated : " She comes I 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... | |
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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... 
