 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pągines
...Proftitute away. The Little or th& Much fhe gave is quietly refign'd : Content with Poverty, my Soal I arm ; And Virtue, tho' in Rags, will keep me warm....What is't to me, Who never fail in her unfaithful Sea, If Storms arife, and Clouds grow black, If the Maft fplit, and threaten Wreck ; Then let the greedy... | |
 | John Dryden - 1743 - 352 pągines
...But when fhe dances in the Wind, And fhakes her Wings and will not flay, I puff the Proftitute away : The little or the much fhe gave, is quietly refign'd ; Content with Poverty, ray Soul I arm ; And Virtue, tho" in Rags, will keep me warm. X. What is't to me, Who never fail in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 488 pągines
...But when me dances in the wind, And makes the wings and will not flay, I puff the proflitute away : The little or the much fhe gave, is quietly refign'd:...arm ; And virtue, tho in rags, will keep me warm. X. What is't to me, Who never fail in her unfaithful fea, If florms arife, and clouds grow black j... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pągines
...But when me dances in the wind, And makes the wings and will not ftay, I puff the profHtute away : The little or the much fhe gave, is quietly refign'd;...arm ; And virtue, tho in rags, will keep me warm. X. What is't to me, Who never fail in her unfaithful fea, If ftorms arife, and clouds grow black ;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 388 pągines
...and will not ftay, I puff the prolUtute away : The little of the much fhe gave, is quietly rcfign'd : Content with poverty, my foul I arm ; And virtue, tho' in rags, will keep me warm. X. What is't to nwj Who never iail in her unfaithful fea, If itoni! > arife, and clonds grow black... | |
 | Horace - 1767 - 428 pągines
...dances in the Wind, And fhakes her Wings, and will not flay, I puff the Proftitute away i VOL. II. I The The little or the much fhe gave is quietly refign'd. Content with Poverty, my Soul I arm ; And Virtue, though in Rags, will keep mg warm. X. * What is't to Me, Who never fail in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 352 pągines
...wind, And (hakes the wings and will not ftay, I pu(f the proftitute away : The little or the much (he gave, is quietly refign'd : Content with poverty, my foul I arm ; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. X. What is't to me, Who never fail in her unfaithful lea, If ftorms... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 362 pągines
...wind, And fhakes the wings and will not ftay, I puff the proftitute away : The little or the much me gave, is quietly refign'd : Content with poverty, my foul I arm ; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm, X. What is't to me, Who never fail in her unfaithful fea, If ftorms... | |
 | Herodotus - 1791 - 502 pągines
...wind, And (hakes the wings, and will not (lay, I puff the proftitute away: The little or the much me gave is quietly refign'd. Content with poverty, my...arm, And virtue, tho' in rags, will keep me warm. f. i* A jeal-ring.^ — This ring has been the fubjecl of fome controverfy amongft vhe learned, both... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1797 - 446 pągines
...when {he dances in the wind, And fhakes her wings, and will not flay, I puff the proftitute away : The little or the much fhe gave is quietly refign'd.../ Content with poverty, my foul I arm, And Virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. THE celebrated verfes of Adrian, addrefled to his Soul, have been... | |
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Then let the greedy merchant fear For his ill-gotten gain ; And pray to gods that will not hear, While the debating winds and billows bear His wealth into the main. 
