 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas, how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pages
...floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies, — alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...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 strove with dirty red, . Great Villiers ILes—alas! how changed from him, That life of pleasure and... | |
 | Philip Withers - English language - 1822 - 414 pages
...Floors of Plaister, and the Walls of Dung, On once a Flock-Bed, now repaired with Straw, With Tape-ty'd Curtains, never meant to draw, The GEORGE and GARTER dangling from that Bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great VILLERS lies — alas! how changed from him, Who, &c. &c. Effect — the... | |
 | Thomas Langdale - Yorkshire (England) - 1822 - 510 pages
...floors of plaister and the walls of dung, On once a flock bed, but rrpair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiors lies— alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! 306 NOTES. Ver. 296. Eternal buckle takes in Parian stone.]... | |
 | Thomas Langdale - Yorkshire (England) - 1822 - 516 pages
...walls of dung, On once a flock bed, but rcpair'd with straw, AVith tape-ty'd curtain*, never meant. U> draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty reil, Great Villiere lies— alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure and... | |
 | William Kiffin - Anabaptists - 1823 - 206 pages
...floors of plaister, and the walls of dung. On once a flockbed, but repsir'd with straw', With tape-ty'd curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Vittcrs lies. • Alas ! how ehang'd from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...of plaister, and the walls of dung, 300 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 strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...of plaister, and the walls of dung, 300On 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 strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
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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... 
