 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pages
...Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in umber to observe the forms Of hairs, «r wimple 8 ypinched was ; Hire nose tretis ; * hire...therto soft and red ; Bat eikerly she hadde a fayr excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...constrains our wilL It is not poetry, but prose run mad. f 747 Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hair, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms : The things,...know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the mischief they got there ! Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. He who, still wanting, though... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...but what this RIRAND bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. E. WALLER, On a Girdle. Rich — Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. POPE, To Arbuthnot, 1. 169. — RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...constrains our wilL t is not poetry, but prose run mad. Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hair, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms : The things,...know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the mischief they got there ! Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. He who, still wanting, though... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small Critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespear's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1734 82 PEACE to all such ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 pages
...know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find; 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind, * That Casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...may claim, Preserved in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in ambrr to observe the forms i6q these yeomen together fought Two howers of a summer's day ; Itt was neither Guy nor Robin Ho ra But wonder how the devil they got there, Were others angry : I excused them too ; Well might they... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...Shakspeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 170 liv 't is not hard to find; 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight Pride adds... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...the assumption that the blind Milton was at the mercy of an amanuensis. Were others angry ? I excus'd them too; Well might they rage; I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find, 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind, That Casting-weight Pride adds to Emptiness, This,... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small Critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespear's name. Pretty! in Amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the Devil they got there? Pope may be thought somewhat small-minded and vengeful here, especially in the light of his own claim,... | |
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Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. 
