 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.  Poems on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes - Page xiby John Ogilvie - 1769 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...? " Satire or Senfe alas ! can Sftrrus feel ? " Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Whe«! .?M Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded Wings, This painted Child of Dirt, that ftinks and ftings, Whoie Buzz tlie Witty and the Fair annoys, Yet Wit ne'er taftes, .nor peauty n^er enjoys :... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...Milk ? " Satire or Senfe alas ! can Spams feel ? " Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel ?" Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded Wings, This painted Child of Dirt, that (links and ftings, Whofe Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys, Yet Wit ne'er taftes, nor Beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...? 306 Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tafles, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pages
...? 306 Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tafles, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 288 pages
...? 306 Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...in a literary conflict ; and the far greater part look on with a felfifh indifference. P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 3 1 1 Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 278 pages
...? 306 Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys. Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 360 pages
...milk ? Satire or Senfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that flinks and flings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 3 1 1 Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
 | John Ogilvie - Classical poetry - 1769 - 618 pages
...method to bring it about. — Let us try, by the fame rules, a celebrated paflage in the moft coma Englijh Poet that ever wrote. — Let me (fays Pope,...Iporus) — — — Flap this bug with gilded wings, •Tins painted chiU of dirt, that {links and ftings ; Whofe buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...milk : S-'.tire or fenfe, alas ! can Sforus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftingsf Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So... | |
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