 | 1834 - 532 страници
...doors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock bed, but repair'd with straw, With tupe-tiod curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red ; Great Villiers lies. • * * » No wit to flatter left of all his store, No... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 страници
...plaster, and the walls of dung, 300 ( h1 once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies : alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 страници
...of plaster, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-hed, hut repair'd with straw, With tape-tied ld in his criticisms, and liberal in his alterations, the old scribbler hed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiera lies — alas ! how chang'd from him,... | |
 | William Hone - 1838 - 890 страници
...of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a Sock-bed, but repair'd with straw, Wuh i <;><•!•, M curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great yillieri lies — alas I how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1928 - 280 страници
...floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that hod Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how changed from him,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 страници
...half-hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, 305 That life of pleasure,... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 страници
...half-hung, 299 The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies . . . The second is the comic parable of 'Citizen Balaam'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 страници
...of plaster, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies—alas! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 2003 - 219 страници
...half-hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
 | Joseph Roach - 2007 - 284 страници
...half-hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies—alas! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
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In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow... 
