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" Come, Abelard ! for what hast thou to dread ? The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. Nature stands check'd ; Religion disapproves ; Ev'n thou art cold — yet Eloisa loves. 260 Ah hopeless, lasting flames ! like those that burn To light the dead,... "
The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ... - Page 163
by Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 578 pages
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Various Poems: The Wanderer, a Moral Poem, The Triumph of Mirth and Health ...

Richard Savage - 1761 - 226 pages
...as opening gleams of promis'd hcav'n. Come Abelard! for what haft thou to dread ? The torch ofTenui burns not for the dead. Nature ftands check'd ; Religion difapproves } Ev'n thou art cold yet Etiifa loves. i . • Ah hopelefs, Ming flames ! like thole that burn To light the dead, and warm 1...
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The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 288 pages
...waters flow ; Soft as the flumbers of a faint forgiv'n, And mild as op'ning gleams of promis'd heav'n. Come, Abelard ! for what haft thou to dread ? The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. Nature flands chcck'd ; Religion difapproves ; Ev'n thou art cold — yet Eloi'fa loves. Ah hopelefs, lafting...
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The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 pages
...of a faint forgiv'n, And mild as op'ning gleams of promis'd heav'n. .Come, Abelard ! for what hafl thou to dread ? The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. If. 4, Nature. Nature ftands check'd ; Religion difapproves ; Ev'n thou art cold — yet Eloi'fa loves....
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 pages
...idea of a fruitlefs unavailing fondnefs, in the following beautiful breaks of declining pafiion. " Come, Abelard ! for what haft thou to dread ? " The...recollects the enchantment of his voice, which, it fecms, was one of Abelard's peculiar excellencies. ': Thy Voice I feem in ev'ry hymn to hcnr, " With...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 pages
...idea of a fruitlefs unavailing fondnefs, in the following beautiful breaks of declining paffiort6 " Come, Abelard ! for what haft thou to dread ? " The...dead. " Nature ftands check'd ; Religion difapproves J . " Ev'n thou art cold-. — yet Eloifa loves." Still, however, fhe complains tenderly, though hot...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...saint forgiv'n, 255 And mild as op'ning gleams of promis'd heav'n. Come, Abelard! for what hast thpn to dread ? The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. Nature stands check'd ; Religion disapproves; Ev'n thou art cold— -yet £<oisa loves. 26* Ah hopeless, lasting...
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 412 pages
...flow, Soft as the flumbers of a faint forgiven, 155 And mild as opening gleams of promis'd heaven. Come, Abelard! for what haft thou to dread ? The torch...ftands check'd; Religion difapproves; Ev'n thou art cold—yet Eloifa loves. 260, Ah, hopelefs, lafting flames ! like thofe that burn To light the dead,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 400 pages
...forgiven, 155 And mild as opening gleams of promis'd heaven. Come, Abelard! for what haft thou to, dread I The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. Nature...difapproves ; Ev'n thou art cold — yet Eloifa loves. a6* Ah, hopelefs, bfting flames 1 like thofe that burn , To light the dead, and warm th' unfruitful...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 32-34

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 pages
...forgiven, 255 And mild as opening gleams of promis'd heaven. Come, Abelard ! for what haft thou to dread f The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. Nature ftands check'd ; Religion difapproves ; Ev'p thou art cold— yet Eloifa loves. 260Ah, hopelefs, lafting flames ! like thofe that burn To...
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Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefix'd, A particular account ...

Petrus Abaelardus - 1782 - 162 pages
...(hriek, ftart up, the fame fad profpect find And wake to all the griefs I left behind. Come, Abtlard ! for what haft thou to dread? The torch of Venus burns...difapproves; Ev'n thou art cold— —yet Eloifa loves. Ah hoplefs, lafting flames ! like thofe that bum To light the dead, and warm th' unfruitful urn. What...
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