 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson, Charles White - 1826 - 366 pages
...the amusement and inspection of the ladies. Long, very long may it be " Their humble province still to tend the fair ; Not a less pleasing., though less glorious care," : than those which once occupied these still martial-looking heroes. How the ladies of Paris existed... | |
 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson, Charles White - 1826 - 366 pages
...the amusement and inspection of the ladies. Long, very long may it be " Their humble province still to tend the fair ; Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care," than those which once occupied these still martial-looking heroes. How the ladies of Paris existed... | |
 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - Almack's, London - 1827 - 370 pages
...the amusement and inspection of the ladies. Long, very long may it be " Their humble province still to tend the fair ; Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care," than those which once occupied these still martial-looking heroes. How the ladies of Paris existed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or o'er the glebe distil the with youthful lords to roam ? Oh had I staid, and...trembling hand the patch-box fell : The tottering china sh Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care ; To save... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain. Others, on earth, o'er human race preside....chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divme the British throne. " Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...earth o'er human race preside, Watch at) their ways, and all their actions guide : Of these the cuiet rses life. Thy swains are famished on the rocks, Where once they fed th ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care ; To save... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, 85 Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain. Others on earth o'er human race preside,...own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. ' Our humbler province is to tend the fair, 91 Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care ; To... | |
 | 1836 - 428 pages
...pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintery main, Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain. Others on earth o'er human race preside,...own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care ; To save... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain. Others on earth, o'er human race preside,...and all their actions guide : Of these the chief the eare of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. ' Our hnmbler province is to tend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...pinions in the painted how, Or hrew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or o'er the glehe distil the arned from Swift, and expresses it, I think, most...frequently in his correspondence with him. Swift's res : Ofthese the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. ' Our humhler... | |
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Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refin'd, beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on... 
