 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 334 Seiten
...At last to follies youth could scarce defend. It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; Asham'd to own they gave delight before, Reduc'd to feign it...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... | |
 | 1866 - 328 Seiten
...At last to follies youth could scarce defend, It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; Asham'd to own they gave delight before, Reduc'd to feign it...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 - 1867 - 626 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 : 240 • Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 Seiten
...defend, It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; Ashamed to. own they gave delight before, Eeduced 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 - 1869 - 570 Seiten
...last, to follies Youth could scarce defend, 535 , It grows their Age's prudence to pretend; Asham'd to own they gave delight before, Reduc'd to feign it,...no more: As Hags hold Sabbaths *, less for joy than spite» So these their merry, miserable Night; 340 Still round and round the Ghosts of Beauty glide,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 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 ; 240 Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 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 ; 340 Still round and round the Ghosts... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 340 Seiten
...1.638. Cp. Pope's Moral Essays, Epist. ii. 235-40: 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.' 1. 646. Cp. Thomson's Seasons, Autumn, 1. 1238 : 'What... | |
 | William Cowper - 1875 - 352 Seiten
...defend It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; R 2 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.' 1. 646. Cp. Thomson's Seasons, Autumn, 1. 1238 : " What... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 Seiten
...At last, to lollies youth could scarce defend, It grows their age's prudence to pretend ; Asham'd to ork in fir V 7 spite, So these their merry, miserable night : Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide, And... | |
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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. 
