 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...  Chambers's papers for the people - עמוד 18מאת Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Famous people - 1883 - 552 דפים
...poet by the following verses : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know ; Jn vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair...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 fair...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... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1886 - 586 דפים
...plantation. In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of banging mountains and of sloping greens. What are the gay parterre, the chequered shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade ? What are all these, the poet would say, without the fair creatures who once adorned them—without... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1887 - 574 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 fair...; 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 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...chequered shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, Unt soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh unheard in to the passing winds ? So the struck deer in... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1904 - 376 דפים
...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 fair...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 328 דפים
...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
...go further than your closet : " ' Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain fair...; 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
...repetition. Pope praised her wit and poetry, admired her beauty, and flattered her vanity. "In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain fair...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
...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 fair...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... | |
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