 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble...  Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Page 21by Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Thomas Fernie - Phrenology - 1913 - 413 pages
...amuse his riper stage ; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age ; Pleased with this bauble still as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er." " Know then thyself, presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is Man." Alexander Pope... | |
 | William Stebbing - English poetry - 1913
...his riper stage ; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age ; Pleas' d with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.8 Disposition and circumstances inclined him to unmask and mock at weaknesses. But there was genius... | |
 | David Burns - Biophysics - 1921 - 435 pages
...amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age, Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er." POPE. IT may be laid down as axiomatic that once an object has come into equilibrium with its environment,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 271 pages
...riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : a/So Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before; 'Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's...is o'er. Meanwhile Opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days; Each want of happiness by Hope supply 'd, t&s And each... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er. An Essay on Man, ii, 1733, 1743 F( ~2 >OR Forms of Government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 850 pages
...theory of passions. 279. Scarfs] The badge of doctors of divinity. Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before; 'Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's...is o'er! Mean-while Opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days; Each want of happiness by Hope supply'd, 285 And each... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 159 pages
...amuse his riper stage; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before; Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er! This is Man seen from above, as if by the pitying eye of God or Nature, to which the most dignified... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1993 - 328 pages
...amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray'r books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before; Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Introduction The... | |
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