 | Eschenburg - Literature - 1788 - 472 pages
...tremble. — ARB.. Vfhu\ ? -^hat thing o| filk. _ Sporus, that mere white curd'of afe's millsî Sathre or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? ?OPE Yet let roe flap this bug with gilded wings This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings;... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...Sporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of filk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Afs's milk ? Satire of fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? VARIATION. Why write at all ? — A. Yes, filence if you keep, The Town, the Court, the Wits, the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...thing of S for i/i, that mere white curd of afs',s milk ? [iilk ; Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporui with diverfe charms to move The fly cnchantrcfs fummon'd...Alluring \'enus, queen of vagrant love, The boon com (links and (lings ; Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...afs'smilk ? [filk, >atire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Vho breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ! '. Ytt let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and ftings ; V'hofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, fet wit ne'er taftcs, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 260 pages
...Let Let Sforus tremble — A. What ? that thing of GJk ? Sporus, that mere white curd of afs's milk ? Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks...a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded w ings. This painted child of dirt, that flinks and flings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoy... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...— A. What ? that thing of sift, Sporus! that mere white curd of asses* milk? 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit- ne'er tastes, and beauty... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 472 pages
...elegant and entertaining letters, very charafteriftical of the manners of the Turks, Satire or Senfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet NOTES. Turks, and of which many are addrefled to Pope ; are well known, and juftly celebrated. With... | |
 | William Coxe - Great Britain - 1800 - 522 pages
...proffigacy, Let Sporus tremble. — A. What that thing of filk, Sporus, that mere white curd of affes milk ? Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? PI Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, Tiiis painted child of dirt, that ftinks and fmgs,... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 592 pages
...few specimens from the famous ' character of ' Sporus,' to which Lord Byron here refers : — ' Yes, let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings : Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1802 - 526 pages
...it been perfectly juil. the poet ftands defiervedly condemned by his own previous acknowledgment : Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel { But at the period to which he alluded, the guarantee of the pragmatic fanction was reprefented as... | |
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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.... 
