 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
 | 1865 - 838 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,...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all 1 " Jo these astonishing lines, Pope reaches to the very 8.reategt height which his sublime art... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 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. INDEX PERSONS CELEBRATED IN THIS POEM. The first number shows the book, the second the verse.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...to shine j Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine I Lp ! thy dread empire, CHAOS ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great...lets the curtain fall$ And universal darkness buries all. APPENDIX. i. PEEFACE. PREFIXED TO THE FIVE FIRST IMPERFECT EDITIONS OF THE DUNCTAI*, IN THREE... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 pages
...dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lp! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word; Thy hand, great...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all."** In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, * "He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...to shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lp ! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall ; Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil -always builds a chapel there : And 't will be found... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1847 - 586 pages
...Nor human spark is left, nor 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 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,...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." f * "He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible melodious manner, the concluding lines of the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 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,...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." f * "He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible melodious manner, the con. eluding lines of... | |
 | Gilbert Haven - 1869 - 680 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,...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." Verily as we have sown, so do we reap this day. Saul is consenting to the martyr of this first-born... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 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. Book iv. Line 6.19. ELOISA TO ABELARD. Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some... | |
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