Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite: Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 81by Alexander Pope - 1804Full view - About this book
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1820 - 490 pages
...mansions into these lower regions, where all is foreign and repugnant to her divine nature." But the Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite. Scmrfc, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage ; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pages
...we die . Behold the child , by nature 's kindly law , Pleas'd with a rattle , tickled with a straw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...Till tir'd he sleeps , and life's poor play is o'er. Quel que soit cependant l'objet qui l'intéresse , L'ambition , les arts , la gloire ou la richesse... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 252 pages
...we die . Behold the child , by nature 's kindly law , Pleas'd with a rattle , tickled with a straw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight ,...still , as that before. Till tir'd he sleeps , and lifc's poor play is o'er. Quel que soit cependant l'objet qui l'intéresse , L'ambition , les arts... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...by nature's kindly law, 275 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier play thing gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty...stage ; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age ; 280 Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till tir'd he sleep's, and life's poor play... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...when we die. Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A...garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Fleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till tir'd he... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, 275' Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : 280 NOTES. But wanting another proper instance of this truth, he reserved the lines above for some... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, 275 Pleas 'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : 280 But wanting another proper instance of this truth, he reserved the lines above for some following... | |
| 1822 - 284 pages
...common friend : See some fit passion every age supply; Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A...garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps,... | |
| Moses Eaton - 1822 - 188 pages
...Persons. «' Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, lj!cas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage } Anil beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : •Pleas'd with the bawble still, as that 'before... | |
| Thomas Brown - 1822 - 552 pages
...a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little luuder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage ; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Fleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; Till, tir'd, he... | |
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