 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 T. Watson - Quotations - 1869 - 524 pages
...all his jokes, for many a joke had he. GOLDSMITH'S Deserted CHEERFULNESS - MIRTH - SMILE, &c. Ill1 Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. POPE. Sport, that wrinkled Care derides,And Laughter, holding both his sides. MILTON Lively and gossiping,... | |
 | Edward Wortley Montagu - 1870 - 544 pages
...card of asses' milk? Satire or sense alas ! can Sporus 1'eol ? Who breaks a butterfly upon the wheel? "Eternal smiles his emptiness betray As shallow streams...all the way; Whether in florid impotence he speaks, Audits the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve,* familiar toad, Half froth,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. ked Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1872 - 168 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...And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 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...And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 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...And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks.; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad ! Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns or... | |
 | William Lennie - English language - 1872 - 248 pages
...now. As my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. I will roar that I will do any man's heart good to hear me. Had I your tongues and eyes, I'd use them... | |
 | William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - Humor - 1899 - 390 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...all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, 1 Meaning the man who would have persuaded the Duke of Chandos that Pope meant to ridicule him in the... | |
 | Henry Laurens - 1968 - 698 pages
...it without the Love; Who has the Vanity to call you Friend, Yet wants the Honour injured to defend, Whether in florid Impotence he speaks, And as the Prompter breathes the Puppet squeaks. Half Froth, half Venom, spits himself abroad In Puns or Politicks, or Tales or Lies, Or Spite, or Smut,... | |
 | G. Douglas Atkins - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 172 pages
...Beauty ne'er enjoys, So well-bred Spaniels civilly delight ln mumbling of the Game they dare not bite. Eternal Smiles his Emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid lmpotence he speaks, And, as the Prompter breathes, the Puppet squeaks; Or at the Ear of Eve, familiar... | |
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