 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745
...vifionary Sword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it in Heav'na Crime to love too we.H ? To bear too tender, or too firm a Heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's Part ? Is there no bright Reverfion in the Sky, For thofc who greatly .think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye elfe, ye Pow'rs! her... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757
...vifionary fword? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reverfion in the fky, For thofe who greatly think, or bravely die ? 10 Why bade ye elfe, ye Pow'rs... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760
...vifionary fword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reverfion in the fky, For thofe who greatly think, or bravely die ? io Why bade ye elfe, ye Pow'rs... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 578 pages
...fword ? " Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, " Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? " To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, " To act...Lover's, or a Roman's part ? " Is there no bright reverfion in the fky, *•' for thofe who greatly think, or bravely die ?" The indignation he exprefles... | |
 | John Bell - 1796
...visionary sword ? Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a...the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die? i« Why bade ye else, ye Pow'rs, her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight of low desire ? Ambition first... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 195 pages
...vifionary fword ? Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly! tell, Is it, in heaven, a erime to love too well? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? Is there no bright reverfion in the fky, For thofe who greatly think, or bravely die? Why bade ye elfe, ye Powers ! her... | |
 | 1780 - 204 pages
...vifionary fword * Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly! tell, Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reverfion in the fky, For thofe who greatly think, or bravely die ? Why bade ye elfe, ye pow'rs! her... | |
 | 1796
...Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die? so Why bade ye else, ye Pow'rs, her soul aspire Above...sprung from your blest abodes. The glorious fault ot'angels and of gods; Thence to their images on earth it flows, 15 And in the breasts of kings and... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 1008 pages
...vifionary fword ? Ch ever beauteous, ever friendly ' tell, Is it in heaven a crime to luve too well } To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's part ! Is there no bright rcvcrfion in the Iky For thole who greatly thuik, or bravely die ? Why bade ye elfe, ye pow'rs ! her... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797
...vifionary fword ! Oh ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, 5 Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender, or too firm a heart, To act a Lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reverfion in the fky, For thofe who greatly think, or bravely die? 10 Why NOTES. * See the Duke of... | |
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Tis she! - but why that bleeding bosom gored, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword? Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? Is there... 
