 Thou, only thou, directing all our way ! To where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons ; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosom'd deep in vines,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2481845Full view - About this book
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 pages
...For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it. Line 24u. To happy convents bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber abbots purple as their wines. u*e 301. Led by my hand, he saunter'd Europe round, And gather'd every vice on Christian ground. Line... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1906 - 174 pages
...our way! To where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons ; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines : To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 430 pages
...our way ! To where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons ; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines ; To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 420 pages
...Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines ; To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales ; To lands of singing or of dancing slaves,... | |
 | Francis Cotterell Hodgson - 1913 - 464 pages
...where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons ; Or Tyber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts,...abbots, purple as their wines : To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales ; To lands of singing or of dancing slaves,... | |
 | William Edward Mead - 1914 - 534 pages
...our way! To where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian...Abbots, purple as their wines; To Isles of fragrance, lUy-silver'd vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales: To lands of singing, or of dancing slaves,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1916 - 160 pages
...our way ! To where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian Arts, Italian Souls: 300 To happy Convents, bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber Abbots, purple as their wines: To Isles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...feet her silken sons ; Or Tyber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian Arts, Italian Souls : 300 To happy Convents, bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber...Abbots, purple as their wines : To Isles of fragrance, lilly-silver'd vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales : To lands of singing, or of dancing slaves,... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 1994 - 276 pages
...To where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons,Or Tyber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian Arts, Italian Souls . . . To lands of singing, or of dancing slaves, Love-whisp'ring woods, and lute-resounding waves. (lines 297-306)... | |
 | Bruce Redford - 1996 - 156 pages
...for this portrait by three couplets that, taken out of context, seem to celebrate and not to condemn: To happy Convents, bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber...Abbots, purple as their wines: To Isles of fragrance, lilly-silver'd vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales: To lands of singing, or of dancing slaves,... | |
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