 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...Propitious heav'n, and ev'ry pow'r ador'd, But chiefly Love — -to Love an altar built, Of twelve vaft French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters,...Billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous fighs to raife the fire. Then proftrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1722 - 294 pages
...Propitious heav'n, and ev'ry pow'r adoi'd, But chiefly Love— —to Love an altar builf, Of twelve vi&Innth romances, neatly gilt, There lay three garters, half...billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous fighs to raife the fire. Then proftrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...hair. ] In allufion to thofe line* of Hudibras, applied to the fame purpofe, i8o THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves ; And...billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous fighs to raife the fire. Then proftrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...heav'n, and ev'ry pow'r ador'd ; B4 But But chiefly Love — to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vaft French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters,...his former loves. With tender billet-doux he lights die pyre, And breathes three am'rous fighs to raife the fire. Then proftrate falls, and begs, with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...Propitious heav'n, and ev'ry pow'r ador'd ; But chiefly Love — to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vaft French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters,...all the trophies of his former loves. With tender billet-donx he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rons fighs to raife the fire. Then proftrate... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...But chiefly Love to Love an Altar built, *' Of twelve vaft French Romances, neatly " gilt. 6 « There ''There lay three garters, half a pair of " gloves...billet-doux he lights the pyre, " And breathes three am'rous fighs to raife " the fire." The guardian fylph, anxious for Belinda's fate, calls together... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...chiefly Love to Love an Altar built, " Of twelve vail French Romances, neatly: " gilt. 6 *' There » " There lay three garters, half a pair of " gloves ;...billet-doux he lights the pyre, " And breathes three am'rous iighs to raife " the fire." • The guardian fylph, anxious for Belinda's fate, calls together... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...chiefly Love -- to Love an Altar built, *' Of twelve vaft French Romances, neatly " gilt. 6 « There " There' lay three garters, half a pair of " gloves...loves ; " With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, *1 And breathes three am'rous fighs to raifc « the fire." The guardian fylph, anxious for Belinda's... | |
 | English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...Propitious Heav'n, and ev'ry pow'r ador'd, But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vaft French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters,...billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous fighs to raife the fire; Then proftrate falls, and begs, with ardent eyes, Soon to obtain,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...Propitious Heav'n, and ev'ry pow'r adored, But chiefly Love — to love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters,...billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire. Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and... | |
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But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, - Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous... 
