Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of... The Living Age ... - Seite 3421848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 442 Seiten
...stinga : Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : | So his favourite by its facility; the plan was ready to his hand, and nothing was 1 Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. As shallow streams ran dimplins all the way. " ! Whether in... | |
 | John Burke - 1832
...nobleman fell under the lash of Pope, who in some extraordinarily severe lines, thus speaks of him, " Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...And, as the Prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks. Eve's tempter, thus the Rabbins have exprest A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. Beauty, that... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833
...Cowper, — " Folly ever has a vacant stare, A simpering countenance, and a trifling air." And Pope, " Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way." A person of this kind is a tiresome companion. A laugh may be introduced occasionally, as a chorus... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835
...Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys ; 31 1 Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of...dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way; Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836
...spaniels civilly delight In mumhling of the game they dare not hite. Eternal smiles his emptiness hetray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...in florid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter hreathes, the puppet squeaks ; "Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 442 Seiten
...spaniels civilly delight In mumhling of the game they dare not hite. Eternal smiles his emptiness hetray, when I l* hreathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839
...stings ; Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So ds, and godlike heroes rise to view, And all her faded...verse and sculpture bore an equal part, And art refl breathes,the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familial- toad% Half froth, half venom, spits himself... | |
 | 1840
...stings ; 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...way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as thg prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840
...stings ; 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...emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the wayi Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 807 Seiten
...fair annoys. fet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoy* : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight n est be the great! for those they take away, And those...they left me Gay : Left me to see neglected geniu Yhether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks. Or at the... | |
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