 ... em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspir'd to deck With shining ringlets the smooth iv'ry neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts...  The Irish Quarterly Review - Page 8301857Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, 15 Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair...race insnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. Th' advent'rous Baron the bright locks admir'd ; He saw, he wish'd, and to the prize aspir'd. 30 Reso/v'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 146 pages
...iv'ry neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines...race insnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. Th' advent'rous Baron the bright locks admir'd; He saw, he wish'd, and to the prize aspir'd. Resolv'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...iv'ry neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines...race insnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. Th' advent'rous Baron the bright locks admir'd; He saw, he wish'd, and to the prize aspir'd. Resolv'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, 35 Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair...race insnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. Th' advent'rous Baron the bright locks admir'd ; He saw, he wish'd, and to the prize aspir'd. 30 Resolv'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...their loaded udders lend; But neither springes, nets, nor snares, employ. Drydn. With hairy sprlngis we the birds betray, Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey. Pope. SVKI'NGER . ns [from spring.^ One who rouses game. SPRI'NCIHALT. «. s. [spring and halt.] A... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the hirds hetray, 2i Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare, And heauty draws us with a single hair. Tli' advent'rous haron the hright locks admir'd; He saw, he wish'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. "With hairy springes we the hirds hetray, Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare, And heauty draws us with a single hair. The' adventurous haron the hright locks admir'd ; He saWf he wish'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...ivory neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines...man's imperial race insnare, • And beauty draws as with a single hair. The' adventurous baron the bright locks admir'd ; He saw, he wish'd, and to-... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chaius, U ith hairy springes we the birds betray ; Slight lines...the finny prey/: Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. Th' advent'rous Baron Ihe bright locks adinir'd ;... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...neck. ' Love in these labyrinths her slaves detains, ' And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. ' With hairy springes we the birds betray, ' Slight...the finny prey ; ' Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair." In these lines, and in all the poem, a slight circum.stance... | |
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