 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 Seiten
...knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, 109 . Woodfalls so grave,2 What a commerce \vas yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub. Street... | |
 | Hugh Alexander Law - 1926 - 332 Seiten
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for...Till, his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. ^•••••••* But peace to his spirit wherever... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 Seiten
...a dunce, he mistook it for fame; 110 Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered Woodfalls so grave, 115 What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did Grub-street... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 Seiten
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for...Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces... | |
| |
Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,... 
