 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1897 - 610 pages
...to say, — " Vos plaudite ! " ' or finally, as an epitaph on his own performances — ' Envoy : ' Prince, all the things that tease and please, — Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and tears, — What are they hut such toys as these — Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs ? ' Our... | |
 | Books - 1880 - 492 pages
...heed not skies nor trees. In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto evermore is Sfes 1 But ah I the fabled treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting...they take their ease, — Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs! HNVOV. Prince, all the things that tease and please, — Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and tears,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Ballads - 1880 - 104 pages
...heed not skies nor trees, In Hi^mal nooks he lores to pry, Whose motto evermore is Spes ! Bat ah ! the fabled treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting...they take their ease, — Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs ! ENVOY. Prince, all the things that tease and please, — Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and... | |
 | leypoldt - 1880 - 370 pages
...heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto evermore is Spes ! But ah ! the fabled treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting...they take their ease, — Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs ! ENVOY. Prince, all the things that tease and please, — Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers and tears,... | |
 | Books - 1880 - 492 pages
...heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto evermore is Sfts ! But ah I the fabled treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting...years, In rich men's shelves they take their ease, — Aldinei, Bodonis, Elzevirs! ENVOY. Prince, all the things that tease and please,— Fame, hope,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Ballads - 1880 - 114 pages
...treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting years, In rich men's shelves they take their ease,Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs ! Prince, all the things that tease and please,— Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and tears, What are they but such toys as these— Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs ? BALLADE OF... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1881 - 152 pages
...heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto evermore is Spes ! But ah ! the fabled treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting...they take their ease, — Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs ! ENVOY. Prince, all the things that tease and please, — Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and... | |
 | Book-lover - 1884 - 530 pages
...that heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto evermore is Spes! But ah ! the fabled treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting...they take their ease, — Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs ! ENVOY. Prince, all the things that teare and please, — Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - Books and reading - 1884 - 526 pages
...that heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto evermore is Spes! But ah ! the fabled treasure flees ; Grown rarer with the fleeting...they take their ease, — Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs! ENVOY. Prince, all the things that teaze and please, — Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and tears,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1884 - 246 pages
...that heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves to pry, Whose motto ever more is Spes! But ah! the fabled treasure flees; Grown rarer with the fleeting...they take their ease,— Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs! ENVOY. Prince, all the things that tease and please,— Fame, hope, wealth, kisses, cheers, and tears,... | |
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... comedies; Each tract that flutters in the breeze For him is charged with hopes and fears, In mouldy novels fancy sees Aldines, Bodonis, Elzevirs. With restless eyes that peer and spy, Sad eyes that heed not skies nor trees, In dismal nooks he loves... 
