 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...power adored ; But chiefly Love ; to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves. With tender billet-doux; he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...power ador'd, But ehiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast Freneh romanees, neatly gilt. ean distinguish by mine art) Benighted in these woods. Now to my eharms, And to my wily t With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre. And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the tuv. Then... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...adored, But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, - Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire :... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...power ador'd, But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...Love ; to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romancea neatly gilt. There lay three garter*, attained by the maturest age and longest experience. It was pub With tender billet-doux he light* the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...loosen onr garters, and other ligatures, to give the spirits Handsome garters at your knees. Ssaft. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves. Poft, GARTER, ORDER OF THE, a military order of knighthood, the most noble and ancient of any lay order... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...power adored ; But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romancee, neatly gut. , and ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs tc raise tne toe. Then... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...and all the world was gay, He rais'd his azure wand li and thus began. Examples of the other kind. There lay three garters || half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies || of his former loves. It may be safely pronounced a capital defect in the composition of verse, to put a low word, incapable... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...power adored, But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And...billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire : Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...power adored; But chiefly Love ; to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves. With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then... | |
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But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves ; And all the trophies of his former loves ; 40 With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous... 
