 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
 | William Henry Hudson - 1918 - 186 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 turns the various taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...Poverty. This, only this, the rigid Law persues, 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... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...153 This, only this, the rigid law pursues ; This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober tar, an' a brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, 160 And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs... | |
 | William Henry Irving - 1928 - 508 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... | |
| |
