 | 1796 - 500 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 592 Seiten
...the famous ' character of ' Sporus,' to which Lord Byron here refers : — ' Yes, let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings : Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys. Eternal smiles his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...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,...Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys ; So * J.IJP! Lyttelton, in- the Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. f Young's Epistle to Authors. So well-bred... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 Seiten
...Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this Dug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that...Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys ; So . * Lord Lyttelton, in the Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. f Young's Epistle to Authors. So well-bred... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel f "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt,...the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ue'er enjoys ; So * Lord Lyttelton, in the Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. t Young's Epistle to Authors.... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...feel ?— Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? ''. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, r''is painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 311 Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 Seiten
...or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who hreaks a hutterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap thU hug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings'; Whose huas the witty and the (air annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and heauty ne'er enjoys : So well-hred spaniels... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 Seiten
...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 heauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 Seiten
...Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel t Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? /'. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt,...stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair aunoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight Tn mumbling... | |
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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,... 
