 Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could...  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 333by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy! Bailing and praising were his usual themes; And both, to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something...Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment in extremes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something...Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment in extremes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 386 pages
...all for teamen, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something...Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment in extremes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could ev'ry e flaxen lilies' shade, It like a bank of lilies laid....the roses it would feed, Until its lips ev'n seem' show his judgment, in extremes ; So over-violent, or over-civil, That cv'ry man with him was God or... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 348 pages
...all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could every hour employ With something...and praising were his usual themes ; And both, to show his judgment, in extremes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ; Bailing and praising were his usual themes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - Thames River - 1849 - 388 pages
...all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides a thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could every hour employ, With something...wish or to enjoy. Railing and praising were his usual thcmct, And both, to show his jndgment in extremes. So over violent, so over civil, That every man,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...moon, Was ehemist, fiddler, statesman, and bnffoon. • • • * Blest madman, who eonld every honr employ With something new to wish or to enjoy. Railing and praising were his nsnal themes, And both, to show his jndgment, in extremes. So over-violent or over-eivil, That every... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could ev'ry hour employ With something new to winh, ed men in their days), will so Latin their tongues, that the simple ca show his judgment, in extremes; So over-violent, or over-civil, That ev'ry man with him was God or... | |
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