 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 דפים
...POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain...greens : Joy lives not here, — to happier seats it flics, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequered shade,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1879 - 536 דפים
...of amatory verse contained in his works. Ah friend ! 'tis true, — this truth you lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow; In vain...greens; Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, Aud only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the checkered shade, The morning... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1882 - 572 דפים
..."said to subterranean grotto, which he has be added by Mr. Pope." furnished with looking-glass, and In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of...' casts her eyes. What are * the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the ev'ning colonnade, But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh... | |
 | 1880 - 224 דפים
...his house and gardens, he sadly replied :— Ah, friend ! Tis true—the truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain...hanging mountains and of sloping greens ; Joy lives not here—to happier soils it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. The grotto remains,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1882 - 544 דפים
..."said to subterranean grotto, which he has be added by Mr. Pope." furnished with looking-glass, and In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of...Joy lives not here,— to happier seats it flies, j And only dwells where Wortley ' casts her eyes. What are ' the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1882 - 550 דפים
...attributed to Dr. Young. The verses in the text are "said to be added by Mr. Pope." In vain fair Tliames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains and...Joy lives not here, —to happier seats it flies, i And only dwells where Wortley ' casts her eyes. What are' the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade,... | |
 | Famous people - 1883 - 552 דפים
...brother poet by the following verses : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know ; Jn vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain...Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens ; Joy dwells not here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1884 - 628 דפים
...finishing his house and gardens : — " Ah, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain...Wortley* casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning Irawer, the evening colonnade, * Lady Mary Worlley Montagu. But soil recesses... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1887 - 574 דפים
...and never go further than your closet : " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain...; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where W casts her eyes. What is the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the ev'ning colonnade,... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1904 - 376 דפים
...What the past had been we may infer from this bit of verse, written while she was in the East : " In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain...scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens. Joy dwells not there ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are... | |
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tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where... 
