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K. Paul, 1878 - 199 páginas
 

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Página 164 - Marquise , si mon visage A quelques traits un peu vieux , Souvenez-vous qu'à mon âge Vous ne vaudrez guère mieux. . \ . Le temps aux plus belles choses Se plaît à faire un affront , Et saura faner vos rosés Comme il a ridé mon front.
Página 138 - Fox, And Selwyn's ghastly funning. The dear old Street of clubs and cribs, As north and south it stretches, Still seems to smack of Rolliad squibs, And Gillray's fiercer sketches; The quaint old dress, the grand old style, The mots, the racy stories; The wine, the dice, the wit, the bile — The hate of Whigs and Tories.
Página 165 - De ces ravages du temps. Vous en avez qu'on adore, Mais ceux que vous méprisez Pourraient bien durer encore Quand ceux-là seront usés. Ils pourront sauver la gloire Des yeux qui me semblent doux, Et dans mille ans faire croire Ce qu'il me plaira de vous.
Página 145 - I'm not sorry, too, That I'm pretty, because 'tis a pleasure, My darling, to you! Your whim is for frolic and fashion, Your taste is for letters and art; — This rhyme is the commonplace passion That glows in a fond woman's heart: Lay it by in some sacred deposit For relics — we all have a few! Love, some day they'll print it because it Was written to You.
Página 170 - The tone should not be pitched high ; it should be idiomatic, and rather in the conversational key ; the rhythm should be crisp and sparkling, and the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire poem should be marked by tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness : for, however trivial the subject-matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination to the rules of composition and perfection of execution should be strictly enforced.
Página 64 - The bells are ringing. As is meet, White favours fascinate the street, Sweet faces greet me, rueful-sweet 'Twixt tears and laughter : They crowd the door to see her go — The bliss of one brings many woe — Oh ! kiss the bride, and I will throw The old shoe after.
Página 73 - That good-for-nothing Time Has a confidence sublime ! When I first Saw this Lady, in my youth, Her winters had, forsooth, Done their worst. Her locks, as white as snow, Once shamed the swarthy crow By-and-by That fowl's avenging sprite • Set his cruel foot for spite Near her eye. Her rounded form was lean. And her silk was bombazine; Well I wot With her needles would she sit, And for hours would she knit, — Ah perishable clay ! Her charms had dropt away One by one : But if she heaved a sigh With...
Página 104 - One printed near the tide, 0, how hard he would have tried For the two ! For Gerry's debonair, And innocent, and fair As a rose ; She's an angel in a frock, With a fascinating cock To her nose.
Página 152 - A RHYME OF ONE. You sleep upon your mother's breast, Your race begun, A welcome, long a wish'd-for guest, Whose age is One. A baby-boy, you wonder why You cannot run ; You try to talk — how hard you try ! — You're only One. Ere long you won't be such a dunce ; You'll eat your bun, And fly your kite, like folk, who once Were only One. You'll rhyme, and woo, and fight, and joke, Perhaps you'll pun ! Such feats are never done by folk Before they're One.
Página 74 - ... bombazine; Well I wot With her needles would she sit, And for hours would she knit, — Would she not? Ah perishable clay! Her charms had dropt away One by one; But if she heaved a sigh With a burthen, it was, "Thy Will be done.

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