 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...Let Sporus tremble— .-1. What ? that thing of silk, •porus, that mere white curd of asses' milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel .* Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pàgines
...that thin? of silk, Spoms, that mere white eurd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Spurns feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? "P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded «»[.•-, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pàgines
...that thin? of silk, Sporus, that mere, white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sponis feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me Hap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 556 pàgines
...profligacy. " Let Sporus tremble. — What, that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks...a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this toy with gilded wings ; This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings, Eternal smiles his emptiness... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 564 pàgines
...profligacy. " Let Sporus tremble. — What, that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks...a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this toy with gilded wings ; This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings. Eternal smiles his emptiness... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pàgines
...Let Sporus tremble— A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk I 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel I P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings... | |
 | William Coxe - 1816 - 464 pàgines
...ridicule, in allusion to his effeminate appearance, as a species of half-man and half-woman, which " P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, " This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings, &c. " Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, " As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. "... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pàgines
...silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who break* , Rees, Orme & Brown ; Whose buzz the witty and tlie fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pàgines
...Spurns, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks i butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug...This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pàgines
...Sporus tremble—A. W hat ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses' milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly...This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred... | |
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Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 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... 
