...! ********** In vain, in vain, the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the M use obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rain-bows die away. Wit shoots in...

...the pow'r. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chans old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its...flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, 635 The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd...

...— the all-composing hour Resistless falls ; the Muse obeys the pow'r. " She comes ! she conies ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her fancy's gilded clonds decay, And all its varying raiubows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor...

...land of poets. " In vain, in vain, the all-composing hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold, Of...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 ! thy...

...all-composing hour Resistless falls: the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne hehold, Of night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her,...momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. Nor public fame nor private dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo ! thy dread...

...dreary interval, and a faint voice remind some future age, that Italy was once the land of poets. 326 Wit shoots in vain its 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 ! thy...

...dreary interval, and a faint voice remind some future age, that Italy was once the land of poets. 326 Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The 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...

...song! ####### In vain, in vain—the all-composing hour Resistless falls: the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of...the' etherial plain; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, 537 Closed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might,...

...song! ******* In vain, in vain—the all-composing hour Resistless falls: the Muse obeys the power. She comes! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of...at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade oft' the' etherial plain ; As Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand oppress'd, 6'7 Closed one by one to everlasting...

...##***####**##### In vain, in vain,— the all-composing Hour Resistless falls : the Muse obeys the Pow'r. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night Primeval, and of Chaos old ! 630 Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying Rainbows die away. Wit shoots in...