 | Horace - 1861 - 372 páginas
...lottery of bfe. I can enjoy her while she "s kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away ; The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd ; Content with poverty my soul I arm ; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. Nor... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 páginas
...various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in sJrife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while...kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 páginas
...various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in slrife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while...kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away : The little or the much she gave is quietly... | |
 | William P. Nimmo - 1866 - 542 páginas
...resolution. Take to yourself some of the Horatian philosophy, which you have latterly so much forgotten : ' I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the flirting thing away.' These used to be favourite lines with... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 páginas
...destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes...kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away : The little or the much she gave, is quietly... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 376 páginas
...lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away : The little or the much she gave, is quietly resign'd : Content with po verty, my soul I arm; And virtue, tho' in rags, will keep me warm. John... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 páginas
...destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be Triplets and Alexandrines, inserted by caprice, are interruptions of that constancy to which sc she 's kind ; iflO But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings, and will not stay, I puff... | |
 | 1867 - 526 páginas
...resolution. Take to yourself some of the Horatian philosophy, which you have latterly so much forgotten : 'I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the flirting thing away.' These used to be favourite lines with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 páginas
...of life. I can enjoy lier while she's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her svings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly reiugn'a Content with poverty, my soul I arm • And virtue, though in rags, will keep me wann What... | |
 | How - 1873 - 222 páginas
...still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades,1 delights in strife, And makes a lottery 2 of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the treacherous jade away. The little or the much she gave is quietly... | |
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Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery... 
