 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...singing, or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves* But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps ; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain. Led by my... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...singing or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves. But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps ; * Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain. Led by my... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1869 - 390 pages
...general mart for pleasure. She became the Capua of modern Europe, " the loose and wanton " realm,— "... Her court where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the deeps.". Long prosperity and prodigious opulence, says Mr. Howells, had done their worst; and the patricians... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1869 - 400 pages
...mart for pleasure. She became the Capua of modern Europe, " the loose and wanton " realm, — "... Her court where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the deeps." Long prosperity and prodigious opulence, says Mr. Howells, had done their worst ; and the patricians... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 pages
...panting gales ; To lands of singing or of dancing slaves — Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves ; But chief her court where naked Venus keeps,...eleven which he passed beyond the Alps. It was also at Home that he formed the plan of writing his great work. The idea entered his mind while, " on the 15th... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 pages
...panting gales ; To lands of singing or of dancing slaves — Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves ; But chief her court where naked Venus keeps,...number of the Italian cities he visited, but it was in Home that he made the longest stay, remaining there between four and five months of the eleven which... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...singing or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves. But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps ; 2 Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain. 310 Led... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...singing, or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves. But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps ; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain. 310 Led by... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1884 - 202 pages
...singing or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves. But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps ; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamoured swain. Led by my... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...singing, or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves. But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain. Led by my hand,... | |
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But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain. 
