 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pàgines
...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 Thames...WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the checkered shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - 308 pàgines
...the same death at Paris, and never go further than your closet: " Ah friend, 'tis true—this truth you lovers know—• " In vain my structures rise,...Wortley 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, "... | |
 | 1821 - 346 pàgines
...same death at Paris, and never go further than your closet : " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my...hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives Hot here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pàgines
...Let me alone: Burlington brought me hither. 1742. . A FRAGMENT. AH, friend ! 'tis true—this truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise, my...hanging mountains, and of sloping greens: Joy lives not here,—to happier seats it flies, A nd only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pàgines
...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 Wortley casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, But soft recesses for uneasy minds, To sigh... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 pàgines
...following lines, which bear the true character of his genius : " AH FRIEND, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know ; In vain my structures rise, my gardens...WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pàgines
...the true character of his genius : " AH FRIEND, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know ; In vaio my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair...WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the evening colonnade, But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pàgines
...CONGRATULATED MR. POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. " AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my...greens : 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, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pàgines
...HAD CONGRATULATED MR. POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. " AH, friend! 'tis true—this truth you lovers know— In vain my structures rise, my...greens: Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLET casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 pàgines
...scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens : 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 morning bower, the ev'ning colonnade, But soft recesses of uneasy minds, To sigh... | |
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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... 
