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" So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced,... "
The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Page 460
by Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...approves, consenting Phoebus bends. And I and Malice from this hour are friends. ON MRS. TOFTS.1 80 bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had...beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. 1 This epigram Is ascribed to Pope by Sir John Hawkins, in his History of Music. She (Mra. Tofts) was...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 24

Art - 1807 - 728 pages
...Laaech..—¿3 seamen, A(,.¿;nnnnn-¿. .,.¿n-,.- .:ec' somewhere seen the following epi¿in-I1n: “ ¿o bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Or. pheus along ; S ¿ut such is thy avarice, and such is thy In-ride, ‘That the In-casts must have...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 17

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...BONONCINI. STRANGE ! all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-DUM and Tweedle-DEE ! ON MRS. TOFTS *. SO bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As...the beasts and their Orpheus along: But such is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have died. TWO OR THREE:...
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History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...EONONCINI. STRANGE ! all this difference should be 'Twixt Twecdle-DUM and Tweedle-DEE ! ON MRS. TOFTS*. SO bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As...the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have died. TWO OR THREE:...
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The Works, Volume 24

Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 pages
...should be Twist Tweedle-oViA and Tweedle-DEE ! ON MRS. TOFTS ". So bright is thy 'beauty, sotharming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along: But such is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts mast have starv'd, and the poet have died. • Mrs....
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The Emerald, Volumes 1-2

1806 - 688 pages
...motion with the music iuiti> | Thus Orpheus fiddl'd and thus dwc'd • the brutes. To a covetous Lady. So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts, and their Orfheus along ; But so great is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride That the beasts most have starvM,...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 19

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 476 pages
...BONONCINI. STRANGE ! all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-DUM and Tweedle-pEE 1 ON MRS. TOFTS.* bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had...the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have died. * Mrs. Tofts...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...MRS. TOFTS, A handsome Woman with a fine Voicti but very coTetous and proud*. OO bright is thy beanty, so charming thy song, ^ As had drawn both. the beasts and their Orphens along ; But snch is thy avarice, and snch is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd,...
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The panorama of wit. Exhibiting the choicest epigrams in the English language

Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...too hot. ON A HANDSOME WOMAN WITH A FINE VOICE, BUT VERY COVETOUS AND PROUD. SO bright is thy beanty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts, and their Orpheus along; But snch is thy av'rice, and snch is thy prid^ That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have dy'd....
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Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by ...

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-DUM and Tweedle-DEE ! ON MRS TOFTS, A CELEBRATED OPERA-SINGER. DA CAPO. So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus But such is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have...
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