 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 - Sivu 7tekijä(t) Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...(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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