Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her... The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 372by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
| Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 pages
...vast buckle for his widow's gown : Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her...hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) Rather than so, ah let me still survive, And burn in Cupid's flames,—but burn alive. Restore the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1926 - 310 pages
...vast buckle for his widow's gown : Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, ps Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) "Boast not my fall, (he cry'd) insulting foe! Thou... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1928 - 406 pages
...vast buckle for his widow's gown : Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew ; Then in a bodkin grac'd her...hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears).' I do not know how far Pope was indebted for the original idea, or the delightful execution of this... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1928 - 374 pages
...widow's gown : Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew j Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears).' I do not know how far Pope was indebted for the original idea, or the delightful execution of this... | |
| George deForest Lord - 1977 - 180 pages
...cry'd And drew a deadly Bodkin from her side. (The same, his ancient Personage to deck, Her great-great Grandsire wore about his Neck In three Seal- Rings;...Hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) (5.87-96) Belinda's bodkin and the history of its metamorphoses carry intimations of mortality, but... | |
| Ann Jones, Robert Cheeseman - 2004 - 212 pages
...vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame,s whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her...hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) 24 Step back and face as if addressing Belinda. Perhaps use gesture to partly plead - but with false... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 358 pages
...buckle for his widow's gown : ', Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her...hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.)" I do not know how far Pope was indebted for the original idea, or the delightful execution of this... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1926 - 312 pages
...vast buckle for his widow's gown : Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, 95 Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) ''Boast not my fall, (he cry'd) insulting foe! Thou... | |
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