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" And let me thro' the dark abyss descend; First let avenging Jove, with flames from high, Drive down this body to the nether sky, Condemn'd with ghosts in endless night to lie, Before I break the plighted faith I gave ! No ! he who had my vows shall ever... "
Thelyphthora; or, A treatise on female ruin [by M. Madan]. - Page 114
by Martin Madan - 1781
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The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis, Volume 3

Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1721 - 456 pages
...Drive down this Body, to the neather Sky, 3f /•* Condemn'd with Ghofts in endlefs Night to lye; j Before I break the plighted Faith I gave; ~\. No; he who had my Vows, fhall ever have ; i» For whom I lov'd on Earth, I worftrip in the Grave. J She faid ; the Tears ran gufhing from her...
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The Spectator: ...

1737 - 326 pages
...from high, 3 Drive down this Body to the nether Sky, > Condemn'd with Ghofts in endlefs Night to ly, Before I break the plighted Faith I gave, No ; he...Vows, fhall ever have ;( For whom I lov'd on Earth, I worflupin the. Grave.: • ,• 624 Sit Hill and hear thofe whom proud Thoughts d»< fwell, Thofe that...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 18

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 372 pages
...from high, Drive down this body to the nether fky, 3 5 Condemn'd with ghofts in endlefs night to lie, Before I break the plighted faith I gave : No ; he...vows, fhall ever have ; For whom I lov'd on earth, I worfhip in the grave. She faid : the tears ran guming from her eyes, 40 And ftopp'd her fpeech. Her...
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Thelyphthora, Or, A Treatise on Female Ruin, in Its Causes ..., Volume 2

Martin Madan - Divorce - 1780 - 474 pages
...from high, Drive down this body to the nether fky, Condemn'd with ghofts in endlefs night to lie j Before I break the plighted faith I gave : No ; he who had my vows {hall ever have, \ For, whom I lov'd on earth, I worlhip in the grave. . DRYDEN. When we compare this...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 78

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1788 - 714 pages
...from high, Drive down this body to the nether fky, Condemn'd with ghofts ill endlefs night to lie, Before I break the plighted faith I gave; No; he who had my vows, Jhall ever h.ive ; ji For whom I lov'd on, earl!), I worlhip i:i tne grave." 9 . . MORRISON, I MORRISON,...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 428 pages
...•» Drive down this body to the nether iky, > Condemn 'd with ghofts in endlefs night to lie ; •* Before I break the plighted faith I gave : No; he...whom I lov'd on earth I worfliip in the ' grave.' DRY DEN. I AM obliged to my friend, the love-cafuift*, for the following curious piece of antiquity,...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 12

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 902 pages
...high,"! Drive down this body to the nether ffcy, V Condemn'd with ghotts in endlcfs night to lie, J Before I break the plighted faith I gave : No ; he who had my vows, fhall ever have ; Tor whom I lov'd on earth, I worfhip in the grave. She i.ud : the tears ran gafuing from her eyes,...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ...

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...high,~J .Drive down this body to the nether fky, > Condcmn'd with ghott* in endlt-fs night to lie, J Before I break the plighted faith I gave No; he who had my vows, (h: " For whom I lov'd on earth grave. She fail. : the tears ran gufhing from her eyes, And ftopp'd...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 15

British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...flames from high, Drive down this body to the nether sky, Condemn'd with ghosts in endless night to He; Before I break the plighted faith I gave: No ; he who had my vows shall ever have ; For whom 1 lov'd on earth I worship in the grave. \ I AM obliged to my friend, the...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 2

Virgil - Agriculture - 1803 - 408 pages
...Drive down this body to the nether sky, • S3 Condemn'd with ghosts in endless night to lieBefore I break the plighted faith I gave ! No! he who had my vows, shall ever have; For, whom I lov'd on earth, I worship in the grave." She said: the tears ran gushing...
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