 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 23by Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...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. Pope's Eseay on Man. When the proud steed shall know why man restrains His fiery eourse, or drives... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pages
...and prayer books are the toys of age : Pleased with this bauble still, as that before ; Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted elouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...prayer-books are the toys of age : sso Pleased with this bauble still, as that before ; Till, tired, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...prayer-books are the toys of age : 280 Pleased with this bauble still, as that before ; Till, tired, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...amuse his riper age, 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. feu. :gal method of recompensing ; and it is very fortunate for satisfied with such trifling... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...beads and prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days; Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 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...is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days : Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...prayer-books are the toys of age: 2SO Pleased with this bauble still, as that before ; Till tired, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays, Those painted clouds that beautify our days : Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pages
...beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each vacuity... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 60 pages
...beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days; • Each want of happiness by hope supplied, And each... | |
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