 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 Seiten
...defend, It grows their age's prudence to pretend : Ashamed to own they gave delight before, Reduced to feign it, when they give no more. As hags hold sabbaths less for joy than spite, So these their merry miserable night; 220 Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 Seiten
...last, to follies youth could scarce defend, It grows their age's prudence to pretend : Mr Asham'd to own they gave delight before, Reduc'd to feign it,...Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide, 145 And haunt the places where their honour dy'd. See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 608 Seiten
...defend, 235 It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; Ashamed to own they gave delight before, Reduced to feign it, when they give no more : As hags hold sabbaths, less for joy than spite, So these their merry, miserable night ; 240 Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 572 Seiten
...defend, 2« It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; Ashamed to own they gave delight before, Reduced to feign it, when they give no more : As hags hold sabbaths, less for joy than spite, So these their merry, miserable night ; 240 Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 Seiten
...defend, It grows their age's prudence to pretend : no Asham'd to own they gave delight before, Keduc'd to feign it, when they give no more : As hags hold Sabbaths, less for joy thnn spight, So these their merry miserable night ; Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide,... | |
 | British museum dept. of MSS. - 1883 - 98 Seiten
...(Works, ed. Elwin and Courthope, vol. iii. p. in). "As hags hold Sabbaths, less for joy than spite, So these their merry, miserable night ; Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide, And haunt the places where their honour died." 73- ALEXANDER POPE. Receipt to the Hon. Mrs. Granville... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Manuscripts - 1883 - 98 Seiten
...(Works, ed. Elwin and Courthope, vol. iii. p. in). " As hags hold Sabbaths, less for joy than spite, So these their merry, miserable night ; Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide, And haunt the places where their honour died." M 73- ALEXANDER POPE. Receipt to the Hon. Mrs. Granville... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 Seiten
...last, to follies Youth could scarce defend, 235 It grows their Age's prudence to pretend ; Asham'd to own they gave delight before, Reduc'd to feign it, when they give no more: As Hags hold Sabbaths 4, less for joy than spite, So these their merry, miserable Night ; 240 Still round and round the Ghosts... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 Seiten
...defend, It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; Ashamed to own they gave delight before, Reduced to feign it, when they give no more : As hags hold sabbaths less for joy than spite, So these their merry, miserable night: Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 Seiten
...scarce defend, 235 It grows their Age's prudence to pretend ; Asham'd to own they gave delight before, p Reduc'd to feign it, when they give no more: As Hags hold Sabbaths 4, less for joy than spite, , So these their merry, miserable Night ; 240 Still round and round the... | |
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Still out of reach, yet never out of view ; Sure, if they catch, to spoil the toy at most, To covet flying, and regret when lost : At last to follies youth could scarce defend. 
