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" What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through... "
Poetical Works - Page 34
by Alexander Pope - 1808
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An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of ...

Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 pages
...k mounts, to Man's imperial Race From the green Myriads in the peopled Grafs ! What Modes of Sight, betwixt each wide Extreme, The Mole's dim Curtain, and the Lynx's Beam : Of Smell the headlong Lionefs between, 205 And Hound, fagacious on the tainted Green ; Of Hearing, from the Life that fills...
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Essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - 1762 - 160 pages
...mole's dim curtain , and the lynx's beam : Offmell , the headlong lionefs between , And hound fagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing , from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles thro' the vernal wood: ^fhefpider's touch, how exquifoely fine , feels at each thread, and lives along...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...mounts to Man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass ! 2io What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain,...lioness between And hound sagacious on the tainted green ? Cf hearing frpm the life that fills the flood 2 1 5 To that which warbles thro' the vernal wood ?...
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Moral essays, satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of fmell, the headlong lionefs between, And hound fugacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from the life that...To that which warbles through the vernal wood ? The fpider's touch, how exquifitely fine ? Feels at each thread, and lives along the line : In the nice...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last ...

Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of fmell, the headlong lionefs between, 205 And hound fagacicrus on the tainted green : Of hearing, from the life that...To that which warbles through the vernal wood : The fpider's touch, how exquifitely fine, Feels at each thread, and lives along the line : 210 In the nice...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of fmell, the headlong lionefs between, ' • And hound fagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from the life that...To that which warbles through the vernal wood ! The fpider's touch, how exquifitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line : In the nice...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's, beam ! Of fmcll, the headlong lionefs between, Aiid hound fagacious 4 Propoj'4 Propos'd, and doubled her demands fpider's touch, how cxquifitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line ! In the nice...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - 1793 - 274 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : OF Offmell, the headlong lionefs between, And hound fagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which \varb1es thro' the vernal wood ? The fpider's touch, how exquifitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam ; : Of fmell, the headlong lionefs between, And houndífagacious on the tainted green ; Of hearing, from the life that...To that which warbles through the vernal wood ! The fpider's touch, how cxquifitcly fiue '. Feels at each thread, and lives along the line : In the nice...
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Poems, Moral, Elegant and Pathetic: Vis. Essay on Man

1796 - 246 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam: Of fmell, the headlong lionefs between, And hound fagacious on the tainted green: Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles thro' the vernal wood ? The fpider's touch, bow exquifitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives...
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