 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...wild torrent of a barb'rous age,y^<? And drove thofe holy Vandals off the ftage. But fee! each mufe, in Leo's golden days,. Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays J Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins fpread, Shakes (iff the duft, and rears his rev'rend head!... | |
 | Lewis Crusius - 1733 - 362 pages
...the wild torrent of a barb'rous age, And drove thofe holy Vandals off the flage. But fee ! each Mufe, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and...wither'd bays [ 'Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins fpread, Shakes off the dull, and rears his rev'rend head ! Then Sculpture and her fifter Arts revive... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...wild torrent of a barb'rous age, 696 And drove thofe holy Vandals off the ftage. But fee ! each Mufe, in LEO'S golden days, Starts from her trance, and...wither'd bays., Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins fpread, 700 9iakes off the duft, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her fifter-arts revive... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...wild torrent of abarb'rous age, 696 And drove thofe holy Vandals off the ftage. But fee ! each Mufe, in LEO'S golden days, Starts from her trance, and...wither'd bays, Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins fpread, 700 Shakes off the duft, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her fifter-arts revive... | |
 | Christopher Smart - English poetry - 1752 - 264 pages
...barb'rous age, And drove thofe holy Vandals off the ftage. But fee each mufe in Leo's golden days, 700 Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins fpread, Shakes off the duft, and rears his rev'rend head 1 Then Sculpture and her fitter arts revive,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...the wild torrent of a barb'rous age, And drove thofe holy Vandals off the ftage. But fee ! each Mufe, in LEO'S golden days, Starts from her trance, and...wither'd bays, Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins fpread, 700 Shakes off the duft, and fears his rev'rend head. Then fculpture and her fifter-arts revive... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...wild torrent of a barb'rous age, 695 And drove thofe holy Vandals off the ftage. But fee! each Mufe, in LEO'S golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bay, COMMENTAR Y. VE R. 697. But fee! each Mufe, in Leo s golden days!] This prefents us with the fe... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...Knight; although, indeed, the materials he has collected are curious and ufeful. 46. But fee! each mufe in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and...wither'd bays : Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins fpread, Shakes off the duft, and rears his rev'rend head *. HISTORY has recorded five ages of the world,... | |
 | Biography - 1762 - 560 pages
...fufficient to fubjoin in the following lines the fingle teftimony of Mr. Pope. " But fee ! each mufe, in Leo's golden days, . " Starts from her trance,...wither'd bays. " Rome's ancient genius o'er its ruins fpread " Shakes off the duft, and rears his reverend head. ; " Then fculpture and her fifter-arts revive... | |
 | Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - Latin poetry - 1763 - 382 pages
...reading and publif hing him in England, where formerly he was but little known : But fee ! each Mufe in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and...wither'd bays ; Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins fpread, Shakes oft. the duft and rears his reverend head ; Then Sculpture and her fifter arts revive,... | |
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But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to... 
