 Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2511845Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1846 - 360 pages
...Morality expires. Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse Divine; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great...lets the curtain fall; And universal Darkness buries All." Mr. Bowles, himself a true poet, thinks the Fourth Book the best. " The objects of satire," he... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 pages
...spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored ; Light dies hefore thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall. And universal darkness huries all. REMARKS. hle without the support of religion. The word Unaware! alludes to the confidence... | |
 | Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 742 pages
...the honour of various princes, nobles, and other persons." Here is the key to the whole proceeding. " Light dies before thy uncreating word ! Thy hand,...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." The king was sufficiently devoid of feeling to witness, behind a. curtain, the torturing of the... | |
 | 1847 - 610 pages
...human spark is left, nur glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored ! Light flies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch...lets the curtain fall ; And universal darkness buries all." It is certainly a mistake, however, to suppose, as many people do, that Pope's poetry is uniformly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...nor glimpse diTine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored ; Light dies hefore thy nncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness huries all. REMARKS. ENJJ OF VOLUME II. ELEGANT GIFT B00KS. PUBLISHED AND FoR SALE BY PUBtlSHERS; BOOKSEttERS... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, CHAOS ! is restored ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand,...lets the curtain fall ; And universal darkness buries all. THE END. ERRATA, Page 42. Note—After the word " plerumque," read " alioqui nee scriberem," &c.... | |
 | 1875 - 676 pages
...one, at dread Medea's (¡train, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain." Dunciad, bk. iv. " Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." flunciad, last lines. "Ah. Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand,...lets the curtain fall And universal darkness buries all. REMARKS. Hoarcth again to the skies. As prophecy hath evcrbwcsi of the chief provinces uf poe>y,... | |
 | 1850 - 836 pages
...dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo ! thy dread empire Chaos is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand great Anarch lets the curtail! fall, Aud universal darkness buries ¡ill.'' In conclusion, I may be allowed to say a few... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 pages
...to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand,...lets the curtain fall ; And universal darkness buries all. 650 655 THE YAWN OF DULNESS AND ITS EFFECTS. 153 BY THE AUTHOR, A DECLARATION. WHEREAS certain... | |
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