 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...  Anecdotes of Polite Literature ... - Page 1751764Full view - About this book
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed but repaired 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 VILHEHS lies: alas! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock bed, but rcpaii'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The...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, and... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - England - 1820 - 516 pages
...of plaster and the walls of dung, " On once a flock-hed, 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...li.ilf-li m The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but rcpair'U with straw, t heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast presen tliat bu»l Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas, how chang'd from.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...half-hung, The 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...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... | |
 | Philip Withers - English language - 1822 - 414 pages
...half-hung, The 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...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
...half-hung, The 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...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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 362 pages
...half-hung, The 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...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...of plaster, 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 Villers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
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