...read this passage, and then turn to the lines of Pope referred to, the praise seems to us excessive. " She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. * English Humorists. \ Ibid. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th'...

...excessive. " She comes ! she comes I the sable throne behold Of night primeval, and of Chaos old 1 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. • English Humorists. t As one bv one, at dread Medea's strain. The sick'ning stars fade off th' etherial...

...works at first hand. The universal sway and triumph of Dulness are thus commemorated : " She comes I she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval...dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Close one by one to everlasting rest...

...* * * « In vain, in vain—the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the power. 620 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest...

...plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. These are the closing lines of the Dunciad: — She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold, Of...clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after art goes out, and nll is night. See skulking...

...vain — the all-composing hour Resistless falls ; the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes 1 the sable throne behold Of night primeval, and of...rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires Tho meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As ono by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars...

...between the vestry and the pulpit they had seen the sable throne of the goddess of the " Dunciad," — " Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. 1 " Society and Solitude." English reprint, p. 59. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening...

...description of the approach of the empire of Dulness, at the end of the poem: — She comes I she comes I the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of...its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain his momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. See skulking Truth to her old cavern...

...between the vestry and the pulpit they had seen the sable throne of the goddess of the " Dunciad," — " Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. 1 " Society and Solitude." English reprint, p. 59. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening...

...hour Resistless falls : the muse obeys the power. Before her fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all the varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its...momentary fires; The meteor drops and in a flash expires. Such literally is the effect with which atheism threatens the present resources of life. Incur own...