Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles... The Beauties of English Poesy - Página 7por Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 páginas
...strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pritle, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide; If to her sharp some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. This Nymph, to the destruction... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 páginas
...eyes the gazer strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide ; If to her share some female errors fall. Look on her face and you '11 forget them all. This nymph, to the destruction... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 páginas
...eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide. If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. Mont Blanc is the monarch... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 páginas
...eyes the gazers strike. And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide; If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. Tins Nymph, to the destruction... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 páginas
...the gazers strike, And like the sun — they shine on all alike ; Yet graceful ease — and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults — if belles had faults to hide ; If to her share — some female errors fall, Look on her face — and you'll forget then all. Compare with this... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 páginas
...eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride. Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall. Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. This nymph, to the destruction... | |
| John Halperin - 1975 - 352 páginas
...Eyes the Gazers strike, And, like the Sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide: If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em all. (n, 10-18) 'The tone is... | |
| James E. Gill - 1995 - 468 páginas
...There is a small but particularly resonant change in the last line: Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide: If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forgive 'em all. (1712, 1.31-34) This is... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 páginas
...eyes the gazers strike. And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction... | |
| Steven H. Gale - 1996 - 690 páginas
...(1.16l and especially lines which provide a satirical view of women: "Yet graceful ease and sweetness void of pride / Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults / to hide" (2.1516l. Characteristic, too, are lines which provide a humorous anticlimax: Whether the Nymph shall... | |
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