 This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.  A Collection of Poems - Page 1941758Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 632 pages
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 pages
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 pages
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | 1902 - 662 pages
...poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. . . . This mournful... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pages
...155 This, only this, the rigid law pursues; This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, 160 And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...This, only this, the rigid law pursues, 160 This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. 165 Of all the griefs... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pages
...155 This, only this, the rigid law pursues; This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober d a true source, therefore, of sweetness and light. Such a man was Abelard 1 i brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, 160 And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | 1916 - 792 pages
...155 This, only this, the rigid law pursues ; This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober M M O OvA F : G brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, 160 And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
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