 | Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pages
...O'er the Belle-lettre lovely DAPHNE reigns ; Again the god APOLLO wears her chains : With legs toss'd high, on her sophee she sits, Vouchsafing audience...pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces all the town — she's fair. Had lovely DAPHNE HECATESSA'S face, How would her elegance of taste decrease !... | |
 | English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...O'cr thr beile-letter lovely Daphne reigns; Again the god Apollo wears her chains: With legs toss'd high, on her sophee she sits, Vouchsafing audience to contending wits: Of each performance s!ic 's the final test; One act read o'er, s'ne prophesies the rest ; And then, pronouncing with decisive... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...O'er the belles-lettres lovely Daphne reigns; Again the god Apollo wears her chains. "With legs toss'd high, on her sophee she sits, Vouchsafing audience...pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces all the town—she 's fair. Had lovely Daphne Hecatessa's face , How would her elegance of taste decrease !... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...O'er the belle-lettres lovely Daphne reigns ; Again the god Apollo wears her chains : With legs toss'd high, on her sophee she sits, Vouchsafing audience...final test; One act read o'er, she prophesies the rest 5 And then, pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces all the town — she's fair. Had lovely... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...the god Apollo wears her chains: With legs toss'd high, on her sophee' she sits Vouchsafing andience to contending wits : Of each performance she's the...pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces all the town— she's fair. Had lovely Daphne Hecatessa's face, How would her elegance of taste decrease! Some... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...the belles lettres lovely Daphne reigns, A»ain the god Aiipllo wears her chains. With legs loss'd ny rayj ' Stretch'd at its case the. beas't I view'd, And saw it cat the air for food !' " she 's .the final test ; One act read o'er, she prophesies the rest ; And then pronouncing with decisive... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...the belles-lettres lovely Daphne reigns ; Again the god Apollo »ears her chains : With legs Uss'd high, on her sophee she sits, Vouchsafing audience...pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces all the town — she's fair. Had lovely Daphne Hecatessa's face, How would her elegance of taste decrease !... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...lovely Daphne reigns; Again the god Apollo wears her chains: With legs toss'd high, on her sopheeshe sits, Vouchsafing audience to contending wits: Of...rest; And then, pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convmces all the town—she's fair. Had lovely Daphne Hecatessa's face, How would her elegance of taste... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...lovely Daphne reigns j Again the god Apollo wears h< r chains : With less toss'd high, on her sopheeshe sits, Vouchsafing audience to contending wits : Of...; One act read o'er, she prophesies the rest ; And Ihen, pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces all the town — she's fair. Had lovely Daphne... | |
 | Edward Young - Drama - 1811 - 294 pages
...love of glory smit, Leap, swim, shoot flying, and pronounce on wit. With legs toss'd high, on her sofa she sits, Vouchsafing audience to contending wits...performance she's the final test ; One act read o'er, she prophecies the rest ; And then, pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces nil the town — she's... | |
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With legs toss'd high, on her sophee she sits, Vouchsafing- audience to contending wits : Of each performance she's the final test ; One act read o'er, she prophesies the rest ; And then, pronouncing with decisive air, Fully convinces all the town —... 
