| 1792 - 112 pages
...th'imprifon'd efiences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs ; To fteal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash, to curl their waving hairs, Aflift their blushes, and infpire their airs; • Nay oft, in dreams, invention we beftow, To change... | |
| Alexander Pope - Epic poetry, English - 1798 - 146 pages
...Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...imprisoned essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash ; to curl their...hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs. The satire on the follies and frailties of the female sex, which this poem so abundantly contains,... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...imprisoned essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in show'rs A brighter wash ; to curl their...hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs. The satire on the follies and frailties of the female sex, which this poem so abundantly contains,... | |
| John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...to their charge than his Sylphs. It is theirs To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop iu show'rf A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rough a gale, Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs, To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in show'rs, A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...exhale; , To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in showers A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs ; May oft, in dreams, invention we bestow, To change a flounce, or add a furbelow. " This day black... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...a less pleasing, though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let the' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs ; To steal from rainbows, ere they drop in siiow'rs, A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and... | |
| 1808 - 408 pages
...pleasing, tho' U-ss glorious care ; To nave the powder frura too rude a gale, Nor let tlie imp; ison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs; To steal from rainbows, ere they diup in showYs, A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs, Assist their blushes, and inspire... | |
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