 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 Seiten
...of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug 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 enjoys : So well-bred spaniels... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 Seiten
...or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug 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 ne'er enjoys : So... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...or sense, alas! can Sporns feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ! P. Yet let me flap this bug end, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, by flatte buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ! Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel Î P. Yet let me flap this bug Í Chameleons who can paint in white and black ? " Yet Chloe sure was iVhose buzz the witty and the fair annoys. fet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoy* : So well-bred... | |
 | 1842 - 586 Seiten
...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 enjoys. Eternal smiles his... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 580 Seiten
...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 enjoys. . Eternal... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 476 Seiten
...Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? Yet let me flap this bug 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 enjoys: So well-bred spaniels... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 Seiten
...Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? Yet let me flap this bug 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 enjoys : So well-bred spaniels... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 366 Seiten
...that mere white curd Of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus t'eel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? P. Yet let me flap this hug with gilded...wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings; I tnerely mention one instance of many, in reply to the injustice done to the memory of him... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...or sense, alas ! can Sporns feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So... | |
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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. 
