 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 lehte
...tremble h — A. What 1 that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's 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 buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | 1849 - 820 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1852 - 874 lehte
...tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ! Satire of sense, * stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, fet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 lehte
...Epistle on Taste. "7 [Lord Hervey. See Note. In the first edition the name was "Paris."] Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon...with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty... | |
 | James Hannay - 1854 - 292 lehte
...curd of asses' milk ? Satire or sense, alas, can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? 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... | |
 | James Hannay - 1854 - 296 lehte
...f asses' milk ? Satire or sense, alas, can Spoj is fee '•? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? 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, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 lehte
...tremble A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's 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; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 lehte
...curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel 1 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; sio Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 lehte
...A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses' milk?* Satire or sense, alas I can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel...with gilded wings, This painted' child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; • An allusion to those who endeavoured to persuade the Duko of Chandos that Pope... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 lehte
...curd of ass's milk I Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus fcel ! Who breaks a butterfly upon a whcel ! of peace at stinks and stings ; Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
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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.... 
