 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; "s Whose' buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? W7ho breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap...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... | |
 | 1848 - 620 pages
...A. What ! that thing of silk ? Sporus ! that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, nlas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...What! that thing of silk, Sporns, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporns hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved...commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Drea stinks and stings ; Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...night, A bell was heard to ring ; And shrieking at her window thrice The men flapped his wing. Tickel. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stiuks and stings. Pope. I write to you by way of flapper, to put you in mind , &c. Cluaterfldd. When... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...tremble — A. What ] that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ) Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...curd of ass's milk Î Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ! Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel Î ld equal colors do the knack Í Chameleons who can paint in white and black ? " stinks and stings; iVhose buzz the witty and the fair annoys. fet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 580 pages
...take a 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 : .1 Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Arts - 1842 - 586 pages
...a 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... | |
 | 1842 - 584 pages
...a 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 sting* : Whose buz the witty and ihe fair annoys, , Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
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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.... 
