 Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those views remove, Fame, wealth, and honour! what...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 96by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...saints I see ; wr envy them that heav'n 1 lose far thee. How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which Love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, 75 preads his light wings, and in a moment flies. -£t wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, lugust... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made ! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, 75 Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let...Love? The jealous god, when we profane his fires, 81 Those restless passions in revenge inspires, And bids them make mistaken mortals groan, Who seek... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1815 - 524 pages
...suited to far other raptures ; and if Olivia be called n pon for sacrifices, Olivia can make them. w " Let wealth, let honour wait the wedded dame, August...fame ; Before true passion all those views remove, * ji:T . Fame, ^ , wealth and honour, what are you to love?" These lines, though quoted perpetually... | |
 | Richard Polwhele - 1816 - 746 pages
...she formed a connection, though not a matrimonial one ; beirig always of opinion, with Kloisa, that " Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, „ " Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies!" [ m"\ Imlay soon left his Ia<ly to her " own imaginations." Thus abandoned, she returned to London;... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 564 pages
...beloved Abelard. How oft, when pressed to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which lore has made : Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. But friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit ; springing... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 486 pages
...pitiful, on both sides. She had already demonstrated her amorous creed, the great maxim of which was, that Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Her new lover hsld, on the subject of marriage, already and solemnly declared, that " so long as he... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Lst wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, An^u-st rown" A prophane his fires, Tho»t raftless passions in revenge inspires, And bids them make mistaken mortals... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...saints I see, Nor envy them that Heaven I lose for thee. How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which Love has made !...! what are you to love ? The jealous god, when we prophane his fires, Those restless passions in revenge inspires, And bids them make mistaken mortals... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 pages
...said, Curse oh all laws but those which love has made ? Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, 75 Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let...Love ? The jealous God, when we profane his fires, 81 Those restless passions in revenge inspires, NOTES. style, which is blemished, as might be expected,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 pages
...I see ; Nor envy them that heav'n I lose for thee. How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made ? Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, 75 Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August... | |
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