 Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd ' Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in heaven a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's part ? Is...  The Remains of Henry Kirke White ... - Seite 207von Henry Kirke White - 1813Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 392 Seiten
...and Natural, that the Heart muft have had no little Share in the Competition. What beck'ning Ghoft, along the moonlight Shade Invites my Steps, and points to yonder Glade ? 'Tis fhe ! — but why that bleeding Boibm gor'd, Why dimly gleams the vifionary Sword ? Oh ever... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 Seiten
...nights of pleasure; — Sacred Hymen ! these are thine. TO THE MEMORY OP AV UNFORTUNATE LADY. \V HAT beck'ning ghost along the moon-light shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? 'Tis she!-— but why that bleeding bosom gor'd? Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh, ever... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 Seiten
...single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, an A .shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well- but not astound The... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 Seiten
...Pope has given us a striking instance of this figure in the beginning of his Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate Lady. What beck'ning ghost, along the...shade, Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? Tis she — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword? O ever beauteous,... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 Seiten
...she said, can welcome bring, And hail with raplure, " we shall part no more," ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. What beck'ning ghost, along the...shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? •Tis she ! — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword? Oh ever... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 Seiten
...solemnly to yonder yew ? And beckoning woes me— — .f In which strain POPE beautifully breaks out, What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade. Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? 'Tis she ! As Jonson now lies before me, I may, perhaps, be pardoned for pointing out another passage... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 Seiten
...scenes where love and bliss immortal reign. ELEGY. To thf Memory of fin unfortunate Lady. BY POPE. WRAT beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? Tis she ! — But why that bleeding bosom gor'd? Why dimly gliams ihe visionary sword? Oh ever beauteous,... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 Seiten
...limite, enchaîne, égale tous les êtres. *ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN IHFORTUNATE LADY. W HAT beckoning ghost, along the moon-light shade, Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade ? Tis she! •—But why that bleeding bosom gor'd, VVhy dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 Seiten
...of Melancholy — or ghostly shape, 208 which he supposes to be taken from the following in Comus, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And...syllable men's names, is more probably taken from the commeucement of Pope's elegy on an unfortunate lady — What beck'ning ghost, along the moonlight shade... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 Seiten
...can paint 'em who shall feel 'em most; 966 ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. WHAT heck'ning ghost along the moon-light shade Invites my steps and points to yonder glade? 'Tis she— but why that bleeding boson' gor'd! Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ? Oh ever heauteous,... | |
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