 | Bernard Burke - 1849 - 528 pages
...poet's intended application of die satire to Canons, his concluding lines are singularly prophetic : — Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope and nod on the parterre; Deep harvests bury all bis pride has plann'd. And laughing Ceres reassume the land. When the Duke died, this magnificent mansion,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...his infants bread, The laborer bears : What his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. can he be at rest Within his sacred chest ; Nought but profoundest Hell can be his s harvest bury all his pride has plnnn'd, And laughing Ceres reassume the land. Who then shall grace,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...infants bread, 170 The labourer bears : what his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. , Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre, Deep harvest bury all his pride has plann'd, 175 And laughing Ceres reassume the land.26 sinner with punishment... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 320 pages
...prny'r ; Light quirks of musie, broken and uneven, Make the soul dance upon a jig to heaven. • * » * Another age shall see the golden ear, Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre ; Deep harvest bury all his pride has planned, And laughing Ceres re-assume the land. The Duke died at Canons,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 pages
...his infants bread no The labourer bears : what his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre, ''Vcrrio or Laguerre:' Verrio (Antonio) painted many ceilings, &c., at Windsor, Hampton Court, &c.... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - 1859 - 422 pages
...second sight, VOL. II. H might have seen in less time than another age— " The golden ear Enclose the slope, and nod on the parterre, Deep harvests bury all his pride had plann'd, And laughing Ceres reassume the land." , The hand of man often effects that destruction... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1863 - 622 pages
...Quite richt, too.' " ' Another year,' eaid Mr Darsy— ' Another year shall see the golden ear Embrown the slope, and nod on the parterre; Deep harvests bury all his pride has plannM, And laughing Ceres reassume the land.' " 'Yes, sir,' replied Sandy — ' 'Tis use alone that... | |
 | Thomas Hanly Ball - 1864 - 110 pages
...vestige of it is left; and, as the site is now in a state of cultivation, Pope's prediction is realized : "Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the...the parterre. Deep harvests bury all his pride has planned, And laughing Ceres reassume the land." Essay—" Of the Use of Riches." The magnificent Duke... | |
 | 1876 - 612 pages
...turned out to be wonderfully correct in his prophecy of the ultimate destiny of the ducal estate : " Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope and nod on the parterre ; Deep harvest bury all his pride has planned, And laughing Ceres reassume the land." With the exception of... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 598 pages
...On entering Canons Park, the visitor must be struck with the fulfilment of Pope's prophetic lines: ' Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope,— and nod on the parterre.' " This is, indeed, figuratively the case ; for the enclosure, which was once so beautiful and boasted... | |
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