 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,...  A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the ... - Page 147by John Burke - 1832Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 pages
...beauty ne'er enjoys ; As well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...in florid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter Dreathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eye, familiar toad ! Half froth, half venom, spits himself... | |
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness bet/ay, Aa shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...speaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear tif Ere, familiar toad ! Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In pun or politics,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...afterwards Lord Melcombe. So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad ', Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics,... | |
 | Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...beauty ne'er enjoys ; As well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...speaks And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad ! Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In pun or politics,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his empttness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way....he speaks, And as the prompter breathes, the puppet sq'.ieaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns,... | |
 | Fortune-telling - 1851 - 84 pages
...pen turns them to shapes, And gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Shakespeare. 12. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Pope. 17 . How blest the Farmer's simple life, How pure the joy it yields ! Far from the world's tempestuous... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight n mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Sternal Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, ialf froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, n puns, or polities,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...many beams twisted themselves, Upon whose golden thread the angels walk To and from heaven. Shirley. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Pope, On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled;... | |
 | James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 296 pages
...ne'er enjoys : i So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...speaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes... | |
 | James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 292 pages
...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...speaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes... | |
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