 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 lehte
...— Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and ftings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit...fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they cannot bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As (hallow ftrcams run dimpling all the way. Whether... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 lehte
...INSIGNIFICANCE. YET let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit...dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 lehte
...Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit...bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 lehte
...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,...bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As mallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks. And, as the prompter... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 lehte
...let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and (lings ; Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpanicls civilly delisht In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal (miles his cmptincfs betray,... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 260 lehte
...of dirt, that flinks and flings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoy s> Yet wit ne'er tafles, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly...mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles hisemptinefs betray, As fhallow flreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks,... | |
 | Eschenburg - 1788 - 474 lehte
...ftinks and flings,; Whofe Ьигъ the wifty and the fair annoys. «)Д b.ewty де'ес So weH'-bred fpaniels civilly delight- , In mumbling of the game...dare not bite» Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As f hallow ftreams run dimpling all the way; Whether in. florid impotence be ¡peaks ; And, a« the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 lehte
...ding« ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 310 Yet wit ne'er talles, and beauty ne'er enjoyt : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Etcrual fm'ik's his emptinefs betray, As (hallow dreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 lehte
...child of dirt, that ftinks and ftings ; Whofe buzz the wirty and the fjir annoys, Yet wit ne'er tañes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly...dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As {hallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he ¡peaks, And, as the prompter... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 lehte
...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, 515 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
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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 Eve, familiar toad! 
