 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 σελίδες
...Ah no — in facred veftments mayft thou ftand, Thy hallow' d taper * trembling in thy hand, Preftnt the crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me, to die \ She adds, that it will be feme confolation tq behold him once more, tho' even in the agonies of death,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 σελίδες
...flying foul ! Ah no — in facred veftments may'ft thou ftand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent the Crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me,...Eloi'fa fee ; It will be, then, no crime to gaze on me. See from my cheek the tranfient rofes fly ! See the laft fparkle languifh in my eye ! 'Till ev'ry motion,... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 σελίδες
..." Ah no — in facred veftments may'ft thou " ftand, " The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, *' Prefent the Crofs before my lifted eye, " Teach me at once, and learn of me to die." Then in a fudden and moft pathetick tranfition, me calls on Abelard to take the laft parting look of... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 σελίδες
...facred veftments may'ft thou " ftand, " The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, " Prefent the Crois before my lifted eye, *' Teach me at once, and learn of me to die." Then in a fudden and moft pathetick tranfition, me calls on Abelard to take the laft parting look of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1770 - 378 σελίδες
...thou Itand, 325 The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, • •-'• Prefent the Crofs before jpy lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'd Ele'ifa fee"! 1 1 will be then no crime to gaze on me. 330 See from my cheek the tranfient rofes fly... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 σελίδες
...in sacred vestments mayst thou stand, 32; The hollow taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'd Eloisa see! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. 5i See from my cheek the transient roses fly !... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 σελίδες
...Ah no in facred veftments may'ft thou ftand, 325 The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Pnefent the Crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once lov'd Eloifa fee ! ^t will be then no crime to gaze on me. 330 , See from my cheek the tranfient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 406 σελίδες
...veftments may'fr thou ftartd, ' • • 31^ The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, • " •••• Prefent the Crofs before my lifted eye, '"'••'...once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy once-lov'd EloiTa fee ! ."n If will be then no crime to gaze on me. . ..330 See from my cheek the tranfient rofes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 412 σελίδες
...O " Ak Ah no—in facrcd veftments may'ft them ftand, 31J The hailow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Prefent the Crofs before my lifted eye, Teach me at once, and learn of me to die. Ah then, thy oncc-Jov'd Eioi'la fee ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me. 330 See from my cheek the tranfient... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1772 - 374 σελίδες
...confolation to behold him once more, tho' even in the agonies of death,. i Ah then ! thy once-1'ov'd Eloifa fee ! It will be then no crime to gaze on me f Which laft line I could never read without great emotion ; it is at once fo pathetic, and fo artfully... | |
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And smooth my passage to the realms of day; See my lips tremble, and my eyeballs roll, Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul! Ah no — in sacred vestments may'st thou stand, The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand, Present the Cross before my... 
