...one, at dread Medea's (¡train, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain." Dunciad, bk. iv. " Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." flunciad, last lines. "Ah. Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved,...

...giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares morality expires. 650 Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine ; Nor...the curtain fall And universal darkness buries all. REMARKS. Hoarcth again to the skies. As prophecy hath evcrbwcsi of the chief provinces uf poe>y, our...

...Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares morality expires. Nor pablic (lame, nor prirate dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse...thy uncreating word : Thy hand great Anarch lets the curtail! fall, Aud universal darkness buries ¡ill.'' In conclusion, I may be allowed to say a few...

...head; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality...curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." ** In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, * "He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible...

...cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. No public flame, nor private, dares to shine, Nor human...lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all,"1 In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, to the very greatest height which his sublime...

...Mathematics fly ! In vain ! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion blushing veils her sacred flres, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor...glimpse divine. Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy unereating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall,...

...expires. Nor public flame, nor private , dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lp! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored, Light dies before...curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all."** In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, * "He (Johnson) repeated to us, in his forcible melodious...

...melodious manner, the concluding lines of the ' Duuciad.' " — BOSWELL. Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos, U restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word ;...curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." ' In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, to the very greatest height which his sublime art...

...and die. Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public name, nor private, dares to shine, Nor human spark is left,...glimpse divine. Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : / Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall,...

...Dunciad.' " — BOSWELL. Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored, Light diea before thy unereating word ; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all." ' In these astonishing lines Pope reaches, I think, to the very greatest height which his sublime art...