 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 dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.  The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield - Pagina 50geredigeerd door - 1837Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pagina’s
...of Dirt, that (links and ftings, Whofe Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys, Yet Wit ne'er taftes, nor Beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred Spaniels civilly...of the Game they dare not bite. Eternal Smiles his Emptinefs betray, As {hallow Streams run dimpling all the Way. Whether in florid Impotence he fpeaks,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pagina’s
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tafles, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As (hallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 288 pagina’s
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As (hallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pagina’s
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tafles, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As fhallow flrcams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pagina’s
...witty and the fair annoys, 3 1 1 Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As mallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | 1764 - 198 pagina’s
...the wicty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well bred fpaniels civilly delight, In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As mallow flreams run dimpling all the way. » I" have inferred the moft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 pagina’s
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal finiles his emptinefs betray, 31S As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pagina’s
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pagina’s
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pagina’s
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As mallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
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