| Alexander Pope - 1889 - 576 דפים
...and never go farther than your closet : Ah friend, 'tis tree — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hinging mountains, and of sloping greens : Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flics, And only... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1891 - 328 דפים
...never go farther than your closet": — "Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of banging mountains and of sloping greeus ; Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies. And only dwells... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1892 - 342 דפים
...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 chequerM shade, The morning bower, the ev'ning... | |
| 1892 - 780 דפים
...her repetition. Pope praised her wit and poetry, admired her beauty, and flattered her vanity. "In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain...hanging mountains and of sloping greens ; Joy lives not there ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes." Soon this extravagant... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 דפים
...HIM ON FINISHING HIS HOUSB 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 checquer'd .shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 דפים
...POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. H, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow; In vain...Joy lives not here, — to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The... | |
| Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 דפים
...ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — XI. In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow; In vain...Joy lives not here, — to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The... | |
| Samuel Reynolds Hole - 1895 - 494 דפים
...admired. And though the glorious Hudson transcends in grandeur, and, so far as size is concerned, " In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens," yet has she charms and associations specially her own. I love them both ; but this I am bound to say,... | |
| Edward Boucher James - 1896 - 730 דפים
...just quoted were these touching lines : ' Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know ; In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow : In vain...scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens, Joy lies not here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wonley casts her eyes.' See also the... | |
| Edward Boucher James - 1896 - 730 דפים
...these touching lines : ' Ah, friend, 'tis true—this truth you lovers know; In vain my stractures rise, my gardens grow : In vain fair Thames reflects...scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens, Joy lies not here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes.' See also the... | |
| |