 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 Works of Alexander Pope - Страница 90по Alexander Pope - 1735Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1842 - 586 страници
...a few specimens from 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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 470 страници
...tremble ! what! that 'thing of silk ! Sporus, that mere white curd of asses milk! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | 1848 - 636 страници
...of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas 1 can Sporus feel ? Who_ brea"ks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. 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... | |
 | John Hervey Baron Hervey - 1848 - 600 страници
...wheel ? ' London ' had sneered at " Hervey's jest," which he afterwards changed to " aodio's jest." P. 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... | |
 | 1848 - 738 страници
...curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, aias, 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 ! Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes nor beauty ne'er... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 страници
...of ass's milk 1 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sponis feel 1 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 ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes and beauty ne'er... | |
 | David Lester RICHARDSON - 1848 - 580 страници
...asses milk ? 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. Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys Yet wit ne'er tastes and beauty ne'er enjoys... | |
 | 1849 - 820 страници
...curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense alas! can Sporus feel 7 Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? F. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 страници
...of ass's milk ? 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 ; Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | 1852 - 874 страници
...of ass's milk ! Satire of 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 ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, fet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
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