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" Pleased 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 prayer-books are the toys of age: Pleased with this bauble still,... "
Book of Elegant Poetical Extracts - Page 389
by John T. Watson - 1869 - 506 pages
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Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pages
...we die. Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, 275 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amufe his riper ftage , And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : COM MENTAR Y. and ingenious;...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pages
...we die. Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, 275 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amufe his riper ftage ; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble ftill,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...we die. Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, 275 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amufe his riper ftage ; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble ftill,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, 275 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amufe his riper ftage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : COMMENTARY. and ingenious;...
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The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of ...

Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...when we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight/...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amufe his riper ftage ; And beads and'pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble flill,...
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Essai sur l'homme: poëme philosophique par Alexandre Pope, en cinq langues ...

Alexander Pope - 1762 - 370 pages
...we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, 275 Pleai'd with a rattle , tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite: » Scarfs , garters , gold , aniufe his riper ftage , And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : ego Pleas'd with this bauble...
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The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of ...

John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pages
...when we die. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas 'd with a rattle, tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amufe his riper ftage ; And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble Hill,...
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An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author ...

Alexander Pope - 1763 - 154 pages
...following one. Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, 375 Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a. draw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, am ufe his riper ftage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : 280 Pleas'd with this bauble...
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Saggio sopra l'uomo poema filosofico di Alessandro Pope in tre lingue ...

Alexander Pope - 1768 - 726 pages
...die. BEHOLD the child , by natures kindly law, 275 Pleas'd with a rattle , tickled with a flraw .' Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight ,...louder , but as empty quite.' Scarfs , garters , gold , amufe bis riper flags .' ~fnd beads and prayer-books are the toys of age.' iSo Pleas' d with this...
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Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht

Alexander Pope - 1772 - 374 pages
...die. Behold the child , by nature's kindly law , 275 Pleas'd with a rattle , tickled with a ftraw : Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight,...louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuiè his riper ftage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : 280 Pleas'd with this bauble...
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