 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 страници
...never ceasing ! GEORGE PEELE : Polyhymnia. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair : The doubtful beam long...; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. POPE. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair ; Some hang upon the pendants of her ear. POPE. This... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 454 страници
...begins : — "Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air; Weighs the men's wits against the ladies' hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside." But more than the wit and fancy, I think, the perfect keeping of the poem deserves admiration. Except... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 страници
...at her smile, the beau reviv'd again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's h lo side ; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See, fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1877 - 564 страници
...at her smile, the Beau reviv'd again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the Men's wits against the Lady's hair; The doubtful beam long...hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the Chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 страници
...But at her smile the beau revived again. Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair; The doubtful beam long...hairs subside. See, fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes; Nor feared the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 страници
...we read in "The Rape of the Lock " — "Now love suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair, The doubtful beam long...side, At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside." Again, his friend Mrs. Blount found London rather dull than gay — " She went to plain work and to... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 страници
...we read in "The Rape of the Lock "— " Now love suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair, The doubtful beam long...side, At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside." Again, his friend Mrs. Blount found London rather dull than gay — " She went to plain work and to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 страници
...ceasing ! GEORGE PEELE : Polyhymnia. N7ow Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair : The doubtful beam long...; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. POPE. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair; Sume hang upon the pendants of her ear. POPE. This... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1879 - 252 страници
...none at all : "But this bold Lord, with manly strength She with one finger and a thumb subdued." " The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside." They are both in the fifth canto. There is another in the " Essay on Criticism " : " Unfinished things... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 страници
...nodding towers, the ground gives way, And the pale ghosts start at the flash of day! Weighs the men's o With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to tiy, Who sought... | |
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Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning... 
