 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...preferve what beauty gains 1 Tiiat meo may fay, when we the front-box grace, Behold the lint in virtue »s in face ! Oh ! if to dance all night and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chac'd old-age away; Who would not fcorn what hoiifewiic's cares produce, il Or who would learn one earthly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pages
...sense preserve what beauty gains ; That men may say, when we the front-box grace, Behold the first in virtue as in face ! Oh ! if to dance all night and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away, 20 Who would not scorn what housewife's... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...pains7und, 49 Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains :N°d : That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, ~\ Behold the firft in virtue as in face !...night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old-age away ; 26 Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 554 pages
...our pains, 15 Unlefs good fenfe preferve what beauty gains : That men may fay, when we the front-box grace, Behold the firft in Virtue as in face! Oh !...night, and drefs all day, Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old-age away ; 20 Who would not fcorn what houfewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...sense preserve what beauty gains ; That men may say, when we the front-box grace, Behold the first in virtue as in face ! Oh ! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away; Who would not scorn what housewife's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...good sense preserve what heauty gains; That men may say, when we the front-hox grace, Bebold the first in virtue as in face ! Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away, 20 Who would not scorn what housewife's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...sense preserve what beauty gains ; That men may say, when we the front-box grace, Behold the first in virtue as in face ! 'Oh ! if to dance all night, and dress all day, •Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away ; Who would not scorn what housewife's... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...preserve what licanty ¡;¡i¡ii4: That men may say, when we the front-box grace, Behold the first in virtue as in face ! Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old.agcaway, Who would not scorn what housewife's cares... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 504 pages
...sense preserve what beanty gains ; That men may say, when we the front-box grace. Behold the first in virtue as in face ! Oh ! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away ; Who would not scorn what housewife's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...sense preserve what beauty gains : That men may say, when we the front-box grace, Behold the first in virtue as in face ! Oh ! if to dance all night and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old-age away; Who would not scorn what housewife's... | |
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Who would not scorn what Housewife's Cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly Thing of Use ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it sure be such a Sin to paint. But since, alas ! frail Beauty must decay... 
