| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Страниц: 368
...decent steps a silver wand." " Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike." " From his slack hand the garland, wreath'd for Eve, Down dropt, and all the faded roses shed... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Страниц: 372
...decent steps a silver wand." " Dire was the tossing, deep the groans; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike." " From his slack hand the garland, wreath'd for Eve, Down dropt, and all the faded roses shed;... | |
| 1822 - Страниц: 284
...Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair M 2 130 PARADISE LOST. B. XI. Tended the sick busiest from couch to couch; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope. Sight so deform what heart... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - Страниц: 370
...decent steps a silver wand." " Dire was the tossing, deep the groans; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike." " From his slack hand the garland, wreath'd for Eve, Down dropt, and all the faded roses shed;... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - Страниц: 372
...in my last Saturday's paper! ‘Dire was the tossing, deep the groans; Despair Tended the sick, busy from couch to couch; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, tho' oft invok'd With vows, as their chief good and final hope.' The passion which likewise... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - Страниц: 682
...day's paper ! Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended tlie sick, busiest from coach to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, tho' oft inrok'd With vows, as their chief good and fina] hope. The passion which likewise... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1824 - Страниц: 534
...fol. cxiii. a. " Par. L. ii. 475. Dire was the tossing! Deep the groans! DESPAIR Tended the sick, busy from couch to couch; And over them triumphant DEATH his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, &c. , , At length FORTUNE or PRIDE sends forth a numerous army led by LUST, to attack CONSCIENCE.... | |
| British poets - 1824 - Страниц: 676
...And sleep secure. Ibid, b. 10. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans; despair Tended the sick busiest from couch to couch; And over them triumphant death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invok'd With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. Ibid, b. 11. His victims... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1824 - Страниц: 554
...which have been explained. Dire was the tossing" deep the groans" Despair" Tended the sick" busiest from couch to couch" And over them triumphant death" his dart" Shook" but delay'd to strike. Many of the rules and observations respecting Prosody, are taken from " Sheridan's Art of Reading... | |
| Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - Страниц: 418
...united powers here. Dire' was the toss'ing," deep' the groans':" Despair' Ten'ded the sick'," bus'iest' from couch' to couch', And o'ver them'" trium'phant Death " his dart' Shook'," but delay'd'' to strike'. 7 CHAPTER V, POETICAL LICENSE. THE poetical licenses of the Inglish tongue are various, and... | |
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