 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 pages
...and a dread repofe: Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only... | |
 | 1720 - 302 pages
...a dread repofe: Her gloomy prefeftce faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay; • • Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 250 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 1 70 Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 254 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades cv'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 1 70 Yet here for ever, ever muft I flay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death^... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 338 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. 170 Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 268 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. i70 Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey! Death,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1756 - 348 pages
...a dread repofe ; Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green* •.. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. The figurative exprefiionS,ft&romr, and breathe^ and browner horror, are I verily believe... | |
 | Muse - 1757 - 248 pages
...a dread Repofe : Her gloomy Prefence faddens all the Scene, Shades ev'ry Flow'r, and darkens ev'ry Green, Deepens the Murmur of the falling Floods, And breathes a browner Horror on the Woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I ftay ; Sad Proof how well a Lover can obey ! Death, only... | |
 | Peter Abelard - 1760 - 208 pages
...and a dread Repofe: Her gloomy Prefence faddens all the Scene, Shades ev'ry Flow'r, and darkens ev'ry Green, Deepens the Murmur of the falling Floods, And breathes a browner Horror on the Woods. Yet here for ever, ever mjuft I flay; Sad Proof how well a Lover can obey ! Death, only... | |
 | Richard Savage - 1761 - 226 pages
...a dread repofe : Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, ar,d darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Yet here for ever, ever muft I flay ; Sad proof how well a lover can obey ! Death, only... | |
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But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens... 
