| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 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...arm, And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. X. What is't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms arise, and clouds grow black, If... | |
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