 Though mark'd by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice's locks first rose so...  The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope - Page 154by Alexander Pope - 1717 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Noble Day - English literature - 1877 - 564 pages
...yoak a flea, Dry'd butterflies, and tomes of casuistry. But trust the Muse — she saw it upward rise, Tho' mark'd by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome's...founder to the heav'ns withdrew, ** To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden Star, it-shot thro' liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 pages
...Dried butterflies, and tones of casuistry. But trust the Muse — she saw it upward rise, Though marked by none but quick, poetic eyes : (So Rome's great founder to the heavens withdrew, To Proculus alone confessed in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...flea, Dried butterflies, and tomes of casuistry. But trust the Muse — she saw it upward rise, Though 4x 4 4 heavens withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) ; A sudden star, it shot through liquid air,... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1882 - 632 pages
...But, in the midst of the fray, the lock is snatched up to heaven,— A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice's locks first rose so bright, Thu he»vens bespangling with dishevelled light. The sy'phs behold it kindling... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 542 pages
...Dried butterflies, and tomes of casuistry. But trust the muse— she saw it upward rise, Though marked by none but quick, poetic eyes :' (So Rome's great...founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confessed in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair.5... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...Dried butterflies, and tomes of casuistry. But trust the Muse — she saw it upward rise. Though marked by none but quick, poetic eyes (So Rome's great founder to the heavens withdrew. To Proculus alone confessed in view); A sudden star, it shot through liquid air.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...Dried butterflies, and tomes of casuistry. But trust the Muse—she saw it upward rise, Though marked by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome's great founder to the heavens withdrew, To Proculus alone confessed in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And... | |
 | Stephen James O'Meara - Science - 2007 - 584 pages
...(which he disguised as "Belinda's hair" in the poem) fleeing into the sky: "A sudden Star, it shot thro' liquid Air, / And drew behind a radiant Trail of Hair. / Not Berenice's Locks first rose so bright, / The heav'ns bespangling with dishevel'd light." Pope explained the reason for... | |
 | Sophie Gee - Fiction - 2008 - 387 pages
...founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confessed in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice's locks first rose so bright, The skies bespangling with dishevelled light. (This the beau monde shall from... | |
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