 To the old, long life and treasure ! ^To the young, all health and pleasure! To the fair, their face With eternal grace, And the soul to be loved at leisure! To the witty, all clear mirrors ; To the foolish, their dark errors; To the loving sprite, A...  The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King James the ... - Page 670by John Nichols - 1828 - 609 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 462 pages
...sprite, A secure delight : To tlie jealous his own false terrors. Capt. [Advances again to the king.] Could any doubt that saw this hand, Or who you are,...heaven, on earth to be the crown, And top of all your neighbour-kings ? To see the ways of truth you take, To balance business, and to make All Christian... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...soul to be loved at leisure. " To the witty, all clear mirrors ; To the foolish, their dark errors ; To the loving sprite A secure delight ; To the jealous, his own false terrors." Here walked his successor, in solitary gloom ; great in misfortune — a loveable man when danger surrounded... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...soul to be loved at leisure. To the witty, all clear mirrors ; To the foolish, their dark errors ; To the loving sprite A secure delight; To the jealous his own false terrors. XX. FASHIONABLE POETS. WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER. GRANDSON of two dukes, nursed in the very lap of fashion,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...the soul to be loved at leisure. To the witty, all clear mirrors; To the foolish, their dark errors ; To the loving sprite A secure delight ; To the jealous his own false terrors. XX. FASHIONABLE POETS. WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER. GRANDSON of two dukes, nursed in the very lap of fashion,... | |
 | Sketches - 1861 - 420 pages
...And the soul he loved at leisure. To the witty all clear mirrors ; To the foolish their dark errors ; To the loving sprite A secure delight ; To the jealous his own false terrors. Sen Jonson. THE SMUGGLERS. A SKETCH FROM E. FLYGARE-CARLEN. DOMESTIC PICTURES. THE interest of the... | |
 | Mrs. Elizabeth Stone - Favorites, Royal - 1865 - 554 pages
...disguised as king of the gipsies, became the mouthpiece for such fulsome panegyric as the following : — " Could any doubt that saw this hand Or who you are, or what command You have upou the state of things ? Or would not say you were let down From heaven, on earth to be the crown... | |
 | EDMUND ROUTLEDGE - 1870 - 820 pages
...the soul to be loved at leisure; To the witty, all clear mirrors: To the foolish, their dark errors; To the loving sprite, A secure delight; To the jealous, his own false terrors. 29. Longfellow. 30. Percy Byssho Shelley. 31. Thomas Chatterton. 32. Robert Sonthey. 33. Samuel Taylor... | |
 | Children's literature - 1870 - 850 pages
...soul to be loved at leisure ; To the witty, all clear mirrors : To the foolish, their dark errors ; To the loving sprite, A secure delight ; To the jealous, his own false terrors. 29. Longfellow. 30. Percy Bysshe Shelley. 31. Thomas Chatterton. 32. Robert Southey. 33. Samuel Taylor... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 472 pages
...the soul to be loved at leisure. To the witty, all clear mirrors, To the foolish their dark errors ; To the loving sprite, A secure delight : To the jealous his own false terrors. Capt. [Advances again to the KING.] Could any doubt that saw this hand, Or who you are, or what command... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 472 pages
...the soul to be loved at leisure. To the witty, all clear mirrors, To the foolish their dark errors ; To the loving sprite, A secure delight : To the jealous his own false terrors. Capt. ^Advances again to the KING.] Could any doubt that saw this hand, Or who you are, or what command... | |
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