 To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the Column, or the Arch to bend, To swell the Terras, or to sink the Grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot. But treat the Goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare; Let not...  A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and ... - Page 261by George William Johnson - 1829 - 445 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 570 pages
...swell the terras, or to sink the grot ; In all, let Nature never be forgot. to But treat the Goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her...hide ; He gains all points, who pleasingly confounds, 6* Sin-prises, varies, and conceals the bounds. Consult the genius of the place in all ; That tells... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 608 pages
...swell the terras, or to sink the grot ; In all, let Nature never lie forgot. 60 But treat the Goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her...hide ; He gains all points, who pleasingly confounds, ,s Surprises, varies, and conceals the bounds. Consult the genius of the place in all ; That tells... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 572 pages
...laid out St. James's and ilcntly of the compliment to Stowc, Greenwich Parks. But treat the goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare ; Let not each beauty everywhere he spied, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points, who pleasingly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 570 pages
...modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare ; Let not each beauty everywhere be spied, Wbern half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points, who pleasingly confounds, H Surprises, varies, and conceals the bounds.1 Consult the genius of the place in all ; That tells... | |
 | Girls - 1881 - 390 pages
...exclaimed, 'treat the Goddess '— Nature, in Pope's time, could not be other than ' a goddess ' — 'like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare ; Let art with beauty ev'rywhere be spied, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot, In all, let nature never be forgot; But treat the goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare : Let not each beauty everywhere be spied, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points, who pleasingly... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...swell the Terrace, or to sink the Grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot. 50 But treat the Goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her...hide. He gains all points, who pleasingly confounds, 55 Surprises, varies, and conceals the Bounds. Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...swell the Terrace, or to sink the Grot ; In all, let Nature never be forgot. 50 But treat the Goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare; Let not each beauty ev'rywhere be spy'd, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points, who pleasingly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...swell the terrace, or to sink the grot ; In all, let nature never be forgot. But treat the goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare ; Let not each beauty everywhere be spied, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points who pleasingly confounds,... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 508 pages
...swell the Terrace, or to sink the Grot ; In all, let Nature never be forgot. 50 But treat the Goddess like a modest fair, Nor over-dress, nor leave her wholly bare ; Let not each beauty ev'rywhere be spy'd, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points, who pleasingly... | |
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