 We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires; And introduces hunger, frost, and woe, Where peace and hospitality might reign.  Habits and men - Page 409by John Doran - 1854Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...mutation still, discard A real elegance, a little us'd, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires; And introduces hunger, frost, and wo, Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...mutation still, discard A real elegance, a little us'd, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...mutation still, discard CIO A real elegance, a little us'd, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; 615 And introduces hunger, frost, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...mutation still, discard A real elegance, a little used, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...mutation still, discard A real elegance, a little us'd, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; And introduces hunger, frost and woe,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...mutation still, discard A real elegance, a little us'd, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar tlry, And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; And introduces hunger, frost, and.woe,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; And introduces hunger, frost, and woe, Where peace and hospitality might reign. What man that lives, and that knows how to live, Would fail t' exhibit at the public shows A form as... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...mutation still, discard A real elegance, a little us'd, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires; And introduces hunger, frost, and woe, Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...mutation still, discard A real elegance, a little used, For monstrous novelty and strange disguise. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...dress, till household joys And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry. And keeps our larder lean ; puts out our fires ; And introduces hunger, frost, and woe, Where peace and hospitality might reign. What man that lives, and that knows how to live, Would fail to' exhibit at the public shows A form... | |
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