 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 346 pages
...— ' Know, then, unnumbered spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky ; These, tho' unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and...As now your own, our beings were of old, And once enclosed in woman's beauteous mould, Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly vehicles... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 356 pages
...round tbee fly, The light militia of the lower bky ; These, tho' unseen, are ever on the wing, Hung o'er the box, and hover round the ring : Think what...As now your own, our beings were of old, And once enclosed in woman's beauteous mould, Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly vehicles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 pages
...wits may give ? The fair and innocent shall still believe. Know, then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky : These, though...wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring. 1 Mrs. Arul>dhi Kortnor Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1865 - 506 pages
...round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky : These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, t Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring. " Think...As now your own, our beings were of old, And once enclosed in woman's beauteous mould ; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly vehicles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...wits may give ? The fair and innocent shall still believe. 40 Know then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky : These, though...As now your own, our beings were of old, And once inclosed in woman's beauteous mould ; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair * From earthly vehicles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...sky: These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, I rang o'er the box, and hover round the ring Hi ink what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn...As now your own, our beings were of old, And once enclosed in woman's beauteous mould; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair "From earthly vehicles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...believe. 40 Know, then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky: These, tho' unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the Box, and...Pages and a Chair. As now your own, our beings were of old1, And once inclos'd in Woman's beauteous mould; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1869 - 512 pages
...wits may give { The fair and innocent shall still believe. Know, then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky: These, though...on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the riug Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 544 pages
...innumerable allusions in the "virgins visited by angel-powers." writings of the time to the magm- — CROEEB. These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er...As now your own, our beings were of old, And once inclosed in woman's beauteous mould ; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earthly vehicles... | |
 | North American review - 1871 - 494 pages
...Pope's peculiar merit. The Sylph is addressing Belinda : — " Know, then, unnumbered spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky ; These, though...wing, Hang o'er the box and hover round the ring. As now your own our beings were of old, And once enclosed in woman's beauteous mould ; Think not, when... | |
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What though no credit doubting wits may give, The fair and innocent shall still believe. Know then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky : These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round... 
