 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...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Page 522by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 pages
...ever mounted higher than that wonderful flight with which the " Dunciad" concludes :' — " She comes, she comes ! the sable throne behold ' Of night primeval and of Chaos old ; 1 " He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible melodious manner, the concluding lines of the '... | |
 | 1855 - 592 pages
...such times of the prophecy of the poet Pope concerning the reign of Anti-Christ : — " She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold, Of Night primeval and of Chaos old. As one by one, at dread Media's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain, — As Argus'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...! In vain, in vain— the all-composing hour Resistless falls; the muse obeys the power. She comes! she comes! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval,...expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off the ethereal plain; \s Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, Closed one... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 pages
...vain, in vain, — the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! «so Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right. POPE. 42. CONCLUSION OF THE DUNCIAD. SHE comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval,...the ethereal plain, As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus, at her felt approach, and secret might, Art... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 582 pages
...STATIONARY PERIOD or INDUCTIVE SCIENCE. In vain, in vain ! the all-composing hour . Resistless falls .... As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprcst. Closed one by one to everlasting rest... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 622 pages
...STATIONARY PERIOD 01 INDUCTIVE SCIENCE. In vain, in vain ! the all-composing hour Hesistless falls .... As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...vain, in vain — the all-composing hour Resistless falls ; the Muse obeys the power. She conies ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval,...dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest,687 Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 pages
...power. She comes ! she conies ! the sable throne behold * Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! liefore her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying...sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus* eyes3 by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest ; Thus at her felt approach, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...Ami all its varying rainbows die away. Wii shoots in vain his momentary Irres, The meteor drops, anil in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars lade oft" the ethereal plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprcss'd, Closed one by one to everlasting... | |
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