 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pages
...Sporus*tremble-A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ! Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 pages
...A. " What ! that thing of silk ? ] Sporus ! that mere white curd of asses' milk P Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 pages
...quoted is artificiality, nothing but artificiality. But what is there of artificial in the following ? " 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... | |
 | 1848 - 638 pages
...A. What ! that thing of silk? Sporus ! that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas I can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel 1 Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me...with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys ; 311 Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...— A. What? that thing of silk, 305 Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk3? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk 1 Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel 1 "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let mo . Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on th stinks and stings ; Wbose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 168 pages
...tremble — A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...tremble A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
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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.... 
