 Villiers lies — alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry...  Lectures on the English Poets - Page 93by William Hazlitt - 1849 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies j — alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure,...that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's k proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury i and love ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1850 - 996 pages
...dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villicrs lice— Alas! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of...proud alcove The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villicrs lies — alas! how chang'd from him, That life of Pleasure, and that soul of whim' Gallant and gay, iu Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1915 - 558 pages
...England Î Stanzas i. and ii. appeared in The Times of 30 Nov., 1914. CW SPALL. CLIVEDEN HOUSE. — Gallant and gay in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love, in the third of Pope's • Moral Essays,' refers to George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham. In... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1851 - 788 pages
...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,...proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, the lord of useless thousands ends. Without... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red: Great Villiers»lies:—but ah, how changed from him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim. Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love! Or just as gay at council 'mid the... | |
 | American periodicals - 1851 - 604 pages
...dangling from that bedr Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red : Great Villiere lies : — but, ah, x Cliefden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ! Or just as gay at council 'mid the... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1851 - 784 pages
...dangling from that bed AVhere tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies ! Alas ! ho«- changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim, Gallant and pay in Cliveden's proud alcovr, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; There, victor of his health,... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Christian martyrs - 1851 - 600 pages
...worst room, with mat half hung, With floor of plaster, and with walls of dung — Great Villiers lies. Alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim I— No wit to flatter left of all his store 1 No fool to laugh at, which he valued more ! There, victor... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Yorkshire (England) - 1904 - 742 pages
...Garter dangling from that bed "Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies— alas I how changed from him, That life of pleasure and that...proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter lelt... | |
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