O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down! The Quarterly Review - Page 154edited by - 1826Full view - About this book
| Denis Donoghue - 2008 - 207 pages
...what a noble mind is here o'er-thrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, Th' observ'd of all observers, quite, quite, down! And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,... | |
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