| Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 ページ
...SEE how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolic, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot ; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot. Ah 1 Friend,' to dazzle let the... | |
| John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 ページ
...how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot." — The Rape of the Lock. Great Nature spoke ; observant men obey'd... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 ページ
...See how the world its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A Fop their passion, but their prize a Sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot! All! friend! to dazzle let the vain... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1971 - 532 ページ
...See how the World its Veterans rewards! A youth of Frolics, an old age of Cards! Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A Fop their passion, but their prize a Sot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! Epistle to a Lady. I would also... | |
| Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 ページ
...rewards too transient and negligible to be worth pursuing See how the World its Veterans rewards! 243 A Youth of frolicks, an old Age of Cards, Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend, A Fop their Passion, but their... | |
| John Hollander - 1990 - 280 ページ
...See how the world its veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolics, an Old Age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end. Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; A Fop their Passion, hut their Prize a Sot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot. ["To a Lady," 243-48] The succession... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 2007 - 764 ページ
...brutality of realistic assessment, the couplet is unsurpassed: See how the World its Veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolicks, an old Age of Cards, Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend, A Fop their Passion, but their... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 ページ
...See how the World its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot! Ah friend! to dazzle let the vain... | |
| Charles Doyle - 1997 - 528 ページ
...See how the World its Veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! The immediacy and precision and... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 ページ
...See how the world its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! Ah! friend! to dazzle let the... | |
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