 Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 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, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 14by Alexander Pope - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...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, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And as the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...C;:n deep without a Pcem in my head, Nor know, if Dmnu be alive or dead. :.-o So well-bred fpanieh civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite Eternal fmiles his emptincfs betray, 5'5 As (hallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...dimpling nil the way. Whether in florid impotence he (peaks, And,aslbeprompterbreathes,thepuppetiqueaks Or at the ear of E-ve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himlelf abroad, Jn puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or (pite, or (mut, or rhymes, or blai'phemies.... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether \nflorid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter breathes...himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...Young's Epistle to Authors. So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they cannot bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether inflorid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks, •Or at the ear of... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 3 1 5 As mallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As {hallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 3 1 5 As {hallow flreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not hite. Eternal smiles his emptiness hetray, Slfi As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies; His wit... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 311 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. M 2 rues ; miss, V 325) Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 31j As shallow streams run dimpling all... | |
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