 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 pages
...his failings, a dupe to his art ; Like an ill-judging beauty his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was...of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day : Tho' secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Forster Blanchard - English poetry - 1867 - 200 pages
...failings — a dupe to his art : Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was...of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day : Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - Anthologies - 1867 - 376 pages
...his failings, a dupe to his art ; Like an ill-judging beauty his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was...; With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He tum'd and he varied full ten times a day : Tho' secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they... | |
 | Dublin University Magazine,A Literary and Political Journal - 1867 - 726 pages
...failings — a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was...he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of liU way, He turned and he varied full tea times а day. Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly... | |
 | New York Public Library - Classified catalogs - 1914 - 616 pages
...his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was...acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned and he varied full ten times a day: Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, If they... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...Like an ill-judging beauty his colours he spread, And beplastcr'd with rouge his own natural red. ioo ucceed so as perhaps Shall grieve him, if I fail not,...angry Victor hath recalled His ministers of vengeance a day: Tho' secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick;... | |
 | English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...Like an ill-judging beauty his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. 100 cceed." Then dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed,...sweet, sweet, O Pan ! Piercing sweet by the river ! a day : Tho' secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 944 pages
...Like an ill-judging beauty his colors he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red. ioo On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, Twas...acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned and he varied full ten times a day: Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick 105 If... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1917 - 440 pages
...his failings, a dupe to his art ; Like an ill-judging beauty his colours he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was...affecting ; "Twas only that when he was off he was acting. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind ; Ye Kenrick's,... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Authors, English - 1918 - 186 pages
...his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was...acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned and he varied full ten times a day : Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they... | |
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As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line: Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings — a dupe to his art. 
