Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. The Edinburgh Review - Página 1691842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| English poets - 1790 - 398 páginas
...Yes, filence if you keep, The Town, the Court, the Wits, the Dunces weep. VOL. XL VI. M P. Yet P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings ; 310 Whofe bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 páginas
...afs'smilk ? [filk, >atire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Vho breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ! '. Ytt let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and ftings ; V'hofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, fet wit ne'er taftcs, and beauty ne'er... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 páginas
...milk ? [iilk ; Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporui feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet on'd all her train; Alluring \'enus, queen of vagrant love, The boon com (links and (lings ; Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er... | |
| John Bell - 1796 - 480 páginas
...asses' milk? 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 páginas
...afs's milk ? Satire or fenfc, alas ! can Sfvrus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftings ; Whofe buzz the wirty and the fjir annoys, Yet wit ne'er tañes, and beauty ne'er... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 páginas
...asses' milk ? 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ! Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 páginas
...afs's milk ? Satire or f'enfe, alas! can Sforut feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings This painted child of dirt, that ilinks and ftings Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tiftcs, and beauty ne'«r... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...of ass's milk ! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys ; So * Lord Lyttelton,... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? ,:s.'j Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? > .. Yet-let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child...of dirt, that stinks and stings; • • - ' Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys ; So * J.IJP! Lyttelton,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 páginas
...Sporus ; it feems a more fuitable name. There is, I believe, no account why it wai altered. E 4 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that {links and flings ; 310 Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
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