water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air. My Study Windows - Página 412por James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 433 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 páginas
...prudentialPRU'DISH, adj. jA woman affectedly nice and scrupulous : affectedly grave or nice. The graver prutle sinks downward to a gnome. In search of mischief, still on earth to roam. ljope. Ivot one careless thought intrudes, Less modest than the speech of prudes. Swift. I know you... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 páginas
...The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sink» downward to a gnume, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 páginas
...termagants in flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to water glide a» ay, n the dark so many precious things Of color glorious,...sight no obstacle found here, nor shade, But all sun- nir. "Know farther yet; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some Svlph embrac'd : For, spirits,... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 páginas
...The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take n Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds is horrid heart Was meeken'd, and he join'd his sullen...perfect peace : Soft sigh'd the flute ; the tender " Know farther yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some Sylph embrac'd : For, spirits,... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 páginas
...The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and lake n Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds egan, And turn'd on man, a fiercer savage, man. See...to Art ! To copy Instinct then was Reason's part: " Know farther yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some Sylph embrac'd : For, spirits,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 páginas
...Sprites of fiery Termagants in Flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. 60 Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, • And sip, with Nymphs, their...roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, 65 And sport and flutter in the fields of Air. NOTES. Ver. 47. As now your own, $c.] The Poet here... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 páginas
...The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental...repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air. Know further yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some sylph embraced : For spirits,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 páginas
...The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental...repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air. ' Know farther yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some Sylph embraced : For, spirits,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1851 - 348 páginas
...water glide away, And s1p, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graY£r_jjruds. §iok§. down ward to a gnome In search of mischief still on earth to...repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air. " Know further yet; whoever fair and chaste RejecJtsjnankjnd, is by some sylph embrac'd : For spirits,... | |
| 1852 - 874 páginas
...The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take n Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds ur Divine displeasure for her sake, or death. In recompense...fair enticing fruit With liberal hand : he scrupled " Know farther yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some Sylph embrac'd : For, spirits,... | |
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