 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble...  Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Pàgina 23per Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pàgines
...prayer-books arc the toys of age: 280 Pleased with this bauble still, aa that before ; 'Till tired, ope praises 7 / Those painted clouds that beautify our days : Each want of happiness by hope supplied. And each vacuity... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pàgines
...amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. One prospect lost, another still we gain, And not a vanity is given in vain : Ev'n mean self-love becomes,... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 pàgines
...riper stage; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, -asthat before; Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play...is o'er! Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays ; Those painted clouds that beautify our days; Each want of happiness by hope supply'd, And each vacuity... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1832 - 86 pàgines
...youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage ; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : 280 Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er 1 Meanwhile opinion gilds... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 pàgines
...his riper age, And beads, and prayer-books, are the toys of AGE ! Pleas'd with this bauble, as with that before, Till tir'd HE sleeps, and LIFE'S poor play is o'er! But, " Let not MAN," says the devout and ingenious St. Pierre, " vent complaints on the short duration... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pàgines
...and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, 281 Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by hope supplied, 285 And each... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 pàgines
...amuse hu riper stage : And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleas'd with his bauble still, as that before ; Till, tir'd, he sleeps, — and life's poor play is o'er. POPE. 69. What, says Dr. Brown, shall we think of the mind of that man, who, endowed with a capacity... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pàgines
...and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleased with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days : Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | Seven ages - 1842 - 154 pàgines
...amuse his riper stage, And heads and prayer books are the toys of age. Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor...is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days. Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | 1842 - 1124 pàgines
...his riper stage ; And beads and pray'r books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, ns that before ; Till tir'd he sleeps and life's poor play is o'er! Mean while opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days; Each want of... | |
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