 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 repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow...  The British anthology; or, Poetical library - Page 81de British anthology - 1825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 pages
..." In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, The George and garter dangling from that bed Where...with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! There victor of his health, of fortune,... | |
 | 802 pages
...of his first race, in the very height of high mettle, has now finished the race of life ! " Alaa ! how changed from him. That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay ! " Some clever man or other, wo forget at this moment who, in giving the outline of a gentleman scoundrel,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...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...that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red ; There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!—... | |
 | 1833 - 270 pages
...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...from him That life of pleasure and that soul of whim, No wit to flatter, left of all his store I No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor... | |
 | 1834 - 532 pages
...doors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock bed, but repair'd with straw, With tupe-tiod curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter...yellow strove with dirty red ; Great Villiers lies. • * * » No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more, There,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...mat halfhung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, 300 ( h1 once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to...him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! 306 Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; 305 Great... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...of plaister, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter...bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, 305 That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 pages
...floors of plaister, 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...yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies . . . The second is the comic parable of 'Citizen Balaam' that ends the Epistle, having been interposed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 pages
...mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to...bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villers lies—alas! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim! Gallant and... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 2003 - 219 pages
...floors of plaister, 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...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!33 Morgan... | |
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