 What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green ; Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through...  Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Page 11by Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...it mounts, to Man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness y between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1891 - 672 pages
...for speed and sharp sight," and quotes Pope as an illustration, who says : — What modes of eight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain and the lynx's beam. Many older authorities for the lynx's sharpness of sight could be produced. Mr. Francis A. Knight,... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 pages
...descriptive as the bars of Haydn's music in the oratorio of the Creation : — " What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam ; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green ; Of hearing, from the... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam: Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green: Of hearing, from the life that fills the blood, 21s To that which warbles through the vernal wood ! The spider's touch how exquisitely fine... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...mounts to man's imperial race From the green myriads in the peopled grass; 210 What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...mounts to man's imperial race From the green myriads in the peopled grass; 210 What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1909 - 632 pages
...it mounts, to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of_smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from... | |
 | American poetry - 1910 - 498 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green: Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through the vernal wood? The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine ! Feels at... | |
 | English poetry - 1910 - 492 pages
...it mounts to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green: Of hearing, from the... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam: Of smell, the headlong lioness between And hound sagacious accord, And blessed plenty wait upon your board; And let your bed wit To that which warbles through the vernal wood : The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at... | |
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