 Why, I vow, I ne'er could see, Let the water-drinkers tell, There it always lay for me. For when sparkling wine went round, Never saw I falsehood's mask, But still honest truth I found, In the* bottom of each flask. True, at length my vigour's flown,...  The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the ... - Sivu 47muokkaaja - 1824Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1781 - 384 sivua
...faw I falihnod's maflc; But Hill honed truth I found, In the bottom of each tUfk ! O (he days, &c. True, at length my vigour's flown, I have years to bring decay ; Few the locks that now 1 own, And the few I have are grey ! Yet, old Jerome, thou may'ft boaft, While thy fpirits do not tire,... | |
 | 1782 - 348 sivua
...I falfehood's mafk ; But Bill honeft truth I found At the bottom of each flafk. 0 ! the days. Sic.. True, at length my vigour's flown, I have years to...; Few the locks that now I own, And the few I have arc grey. 0-1 the days) &c. Yet old Jerome thou may'ft boajt, While thy fpi'Hts do not tire ; Still... | |
 | Humming bird - 1785 - 440 sivua
...Grafps it in his youthful hands j Proud to boaft in peace or war. The virtues oí the Britijb Tar. Whe True at length my vigour's flown, I have years to...that now I own, And the few I have are grey! Yet, old 'Jcrarr.i, thou may'ft boalt, While thy fpirits do not tire, Still beneath thy age's froft Glows a... | |
 | New vocal enchantress - 1788 - 344 sivua
...rhaik ; But ffill the honeft truth I found' ' In the bottom of each flask. ' ' 0 fhi day;, &c. Troe, at length, my vigour's flown, I have years to bring decay ; Few the locks that BOW I own,•'- •• , ;&\Y .. • • And the few I have are grey ; • .. Yet,• old Jerome, thon... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1803 - 228 sivua
...saw I falshood's mask; But still honest truth I found, In the bottom of each llask I O the days, &c. True, at length my vigour's flown, I have years to...locks that now I own, And the few I have are grey ! O the days, &c. ' Yet, old Jerome, thou may'st boast, While thy spirits do not tire, 41 THE TOPSAILS... | |
 | Thomas Francklin, Jean-François de La Harpe, Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 sivua
...mask, But still honest truth I found, In the bottom of eachjiask. True, at length my vigour'sjlotcn, I have years to bring decay ; Few the locks, that now I own, And the ftw I have, are grey. Yet, old Jerome, thou may'st boast, While thy spirits do not tire, Still beneath... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 420 sivua
...There it always lay for me. For when sparkling wine went round, Never saw I falsehood's mask, But still honest truth I found, In the bottom of each flask. True, at length my vi I have years to bring decay ; Few the locks, that now I men, And thefiw I have, are grey. Yet, old... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 814 sivua
...There it always lay fur me. For when sparkling wine went round, Never saw I falsehood's mask, Rut still honest truth I found, In the bottom of each flask....have years to bring decay ; Few the locks, that now 1 own, And the few I have are gray. Yet, old Jerome, thou mayat boast, While thy spirits do not tire,... | |
 | 1824 - 656 sivua
...always lay for me. For when the sparkling wine went round, Never saw I falsehood's mask, But still honest truth I found In the bottom of each flask. True, at length my vigour's flown, Ï haw years to bring decay ; Few the locks, that now I own, And the few I haoe are greu, Yet, old... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1825 - 346 sivua
...For when sparkling wine went round, Never saw I falsehood's mask; But still honest truth I found At the bottom of each flask. True, at length my vigour's...have years to bring decay ; Few the locks that now Town, And the few I have are grey. Yet, old Jerome, thou may'st boast, While thy spirits do not tire;... | |
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