 Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 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...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 117by Alexander Pope - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...of Sporus ; it feems a more fuitable name. There is, I believe, no account why it wai altered. E 4 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that {links and flings ; 310 Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? ,:s.'j Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? > .. Yet-let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; • • - ' Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...25. Let Sporus tremble— What! that thing of silk, i Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this Dug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...thefe two lines in his Imitation of the firft Satire of Horace's fecond Book ; The Satire or Senfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet NOTES. The lines are weak, another's pleas'd to fay, Lord Fanny fpins a thoufand fuch a day. And Lady... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...Let Sporus tremble — A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus! that mere white curd of asses' milk? S06 Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel! Who breaks...witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes. and heauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not hite.... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 566 pages
...tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, 305 Sporus! that mere white curd of asses' milk ? oatire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ?— Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? ''. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, r''is painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...of asses' milk 'i Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel t Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? /'. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair aunoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
 | 1809 - 388 pages
...tremble. — A. What ! that thing of silk? Sporits, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly...This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Let Soarus tremble. — A. \Vhali that thing of silk ? Spans, thai mere white curd of ass's milk ? ll shall wisdom rind An equal portion dealt to all mankind j As different good, by ar Yetletincflap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 504 pages
...Let Sporus tremble— .-1. What ? that thing of silk, •porus, that mere white curd of asses' milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel .* Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles... | |
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