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" I can enjoy her while she is kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute aw,ay... "
Horace's odes, Englished and imitated by various hands, selected and ... - Page 115
by Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1880 - 282 pages
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Works: In English Verse, Volume 2

Horace - 1767 - 428 pages
...flay, I puff the Proftitute away i VOL. II. I The The little or the much fhe gave is quietly refign'd. Content with Poverty, my Soul I arm ; And Virtue, though in Rags, will keep mg warm. X. * What is't to Me, Who never fail in her unfaithful Sea, If Storms arife, and Clouds grow...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 43-44

John Bell - 1778 - 438 pages
...when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute awsy : The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd : Content with poverty, my soul I arm, 86 And virtue, tho' in rags, will keep me warm. X. What is't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 22

John Bell - 1807 - 346 pages
...lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...arm, And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. x. What is't to me, \Vho never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms arise, and clouds grow black,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 12

John Dryden - 1808 - 496 pages
...lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away : The little or the much she gave, is quietly resigned ; Content with poverty my soul I arm, And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. X. What...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 490 pages
...lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away : The little or the much she gave, is quietly resigned ; Content with poverty my soul I arm, And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. X. What...
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English Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 pages
...lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away : The little or the much she gave, is quietly resigned ; . Content with poverty, my soul I arm, And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. What...
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The American Review of History and Politics, and General ..., Volumes 3-4

1812 - 1016 pages
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Herodotus, Volume 2

Herodotus - 1812 - 468 pages
...lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...resign'd. Content with poverty, my soul I arm, And virtue, tho' in rags, will keep me warm. T. " the alternate experience of good and evil, ra" ther than with...
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The American Review of History and Politics, and General ..., Volume 3

1812 - 524 pages
...ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife. And makes a 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 pesign'd: Content with...
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Poetry for Children: Consisting of Short Pieces to be Committed to Memory

1820 - 190 pages
...eyes and ears receiv'da like delight, Enchanting music, and a charming sight. DRYDBN. THE HAPPY MAN. CONTENT with poverty my soul I arm, And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. What is 't to me, Who never sail on Fortune's faithless sea, If storms arise, and clouds grow black, If...
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