 This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.  A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes - Page 200redigeeritud poolt - 1755Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 lehte
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. " Of all the griefs,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 lehte
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. R Of all the griefs,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 lehte
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. * Of all the griefs... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 lehte
...poverty : This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | 1831 - 790 lehte
...This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. • The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke, With brisker air, the sullen courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 460 lehte
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. " Of all the griefs... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 lehte
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. " Of all the griefs... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 lehte
...poverty : This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. " Of all the griefs... | |
 | Juvenal - 1837 - 306 lehte
...156 Commence your lords, and govern or betray. This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ? With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways, 165 Of all the griefs... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 lehte
...poverty : This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. " Of all the griefs... | |
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