Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 284by Alexander Pope - 1891Full view - About this book
| 1873 - 612 pages
...of Physical Science. ' Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaoa ! is restored : Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And universal darkness buries all.' And if once this point — of the consciousness or ' personality ' of God is conceded, then all is... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 184 pages
...her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. 650 Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating 'word : Thy hand, great anarch ! lets the curtain fall,... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! isrestor'd; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...her sacred fire», And unawares Morality expires. 65* Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine : Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restord Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...left, nor glympse divine, lo! thy dread empire, Chaos ! isrentor'd, Light dies before thy uncreating word. Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all. I am aware that you may answer to what has been premised, that the man is not of consequence enough... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 374 pages
...her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. 650 Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, CHAUS ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain... | |
| 1845 - 808 pages
...veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse Divine ; Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restor'd ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ;... | |
| John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 596 pages
...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. Nor public flame nor private dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo !...empire, Chaos! is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all."'... | |
| John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 624 pages
...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. Nor public flame nor private dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo !...empire, Chaos ! is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.... | |
| John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 596 pages
...meteor drops, 'and in a flash expires. Nor public flame nor private dares to shine, Nor human .-park is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.''... | |
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