 She that with poetry is won, Is but a desk to write upon; And what men say of her, they mean No more than on the thing they lean. Some with Arabian spices strive T...  Bell's Edition - Seite 133von John Bell - 1797Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Michael McKeon - 2005 - 1864 Seiten
...self, and not your Heart: Nor will you raise in mine combustion, By dint of high Heroique fustian: Shee that with Poetry is won, Is but a Desk to write upon; And what men say of her, they mean, No more, then that on which they lean. Some . . . Use her so barbarously ill, To grind her Lips upon a Mill,... | |
 | Timothy Morton - 2006 - 304 Seiten
...the role of fancy and ornamentation. Butler's Hudibras comments on the futility of ornamental poetry: She that with Poetry is won, Is but a Desk to write...upon; And what men say of her, they mean, No more than that on which they lean. Some with Arabian Spices strive To embalm her cruelly alive; Or season her,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1684 - 352 Seiten
...self and not your Heart ; Nor will you raise in mine combustion, By dint of high Heroick fustion : She that with Poetry is won, Is but a Desk to write...; And what men say of her, they mean, No more than that on which they lean. Some with Arabian Spices strive To embalm her cruelly alive ; Or season her,... | |
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