 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 pages
...and a dread repofe: Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only death, can... | |
 | 1720 - 302 pages
...a dread repofe: Her gloomy prefeftce faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay; • • Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only death,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 254 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades cv'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 1 70 Yet here for ever, ever muft I flay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death^ only death,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 250 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 1 70 Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only death,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 268 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. i70 Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey! Death, only death, can... | |
 | Muse - 1757 - 250 pages
...a dread Repofe : Her gloomy Prefence faddens all the Scene, Shades ev'ry Flow'r, and darkens ev'ry Green, Deepens the Murmur of the falling Floods, And breathes a browner Horror on the Woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad Proof how well a Lover can obey ! Death, only Death, can... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 302 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And...170 Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof hqw well a lover can obey ! Peath, only death, can break the lafting chain ; And here, ey'n then, mall... | |
 | Peter Abelard - 1760 - 208 pages
...and a dread Repofe: Her gloomy Prefence faddens all the Scene, Shades ev'ry Flow'r, and darkens ev'ry Green, Deepens the Murmur of the falling Floods, And breathes a browner Horror on the Woods. Yet here for ever, ever mjuft I flay; Sad Proof how well a Lover can obey ! Death, only Death, can... | |
 | Richard Savage - 1761 - 226 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, ar,d darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I flay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only death, can... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...MELANCHOLY fits, and round her throws A death-like filence, and a dread repofe ; Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades every flower, and darkens every...floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. The figurative expreffions, throws, and breathes, and browner horror, are, I verily believe, fome of... | |
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But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens... 
