 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...curtains, never meant to draw, '- The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow, ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him That life of pleafure, and that foul of-whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bow'r of .wanton... | |
 | Books - 1759 - 606 pages
...curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow, ftrove with dirty red, , Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him That life of pleafurc, and that foul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden s proud alcove, The bow'r of wanton... | |
 | Biography - 1762 - 560 pages
...never meant to draw, *v The George and garter dangling from that bed, " Where tawdry yellow ttrove with dirty red, " Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, ** That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! ** Gallant " Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, " The bower... | |
 | Literature - 1764 - 198 pages
...curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That lifeofpleafure, and that foul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bow'r of wanton... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bedWhere tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from hirti, That life of pleasure, and that sou! of whim ! 306 Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove,... | |
 | Biography - 1784 - 778 pages
...curtains, never meant to draw, " The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton... | |
 | Samuel Ireland - Thames River - 1792 - 386 pages
...never meant to draw j " The George and Garter dangling from that bed, " Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, " Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, « That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! " Gallant and gay, in Cliefden's proud alcove, " The bow'r of wanton... | |
 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great VILLIERS lies. — Alas! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, .and that foul of whim ! There, viftor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame; this... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...elegant delineation. Ver. 303. The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — Alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! So Dryden, JEn. v. 326. Where gold and purple ftrive in equal rows.... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1801 - 496 pages
...of dung, On once a flock bed, but repaired with straw, \Vuli tape ty'd curtains never meant to draw. The George and Garter dangling from that bed "Where...Great Villiers lies. Alas ! how chang'd from him. That Ike of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton... | |
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In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow... 
