 | T Mosse - English poetry - 1721 - 534 pages
...Good-by, fmart Poet, 'till next Time." THE Curious Maid: A TAL E. Objlupuit) Sleteruntque Coma. EAUTY 'sa gaudy Sign, no more, To tempt the Gazer to the Door; Within the Entertainment lyes, Far off remov'd from vulgar Eye£. Thus Chloe, beautiful and gay, As on her Bed the Wanton lay,... | |
 | Hildebrand Jacob - 1735 - 488 pages
...famous for the Refort of the Witt of the Town. the t A i E it Qbftupuit,Jleteruntque comes— EAUTY's a gaudy Sign, no more, To tempt the Gazer to the Door j Within the Entertainment lies, Far off rempv'd from Vulgar Eyes. . ... Thus Clos beautiful, and gay,... | |
 | Barbara M. Benedict - History - 2001 - 338 pages
...ironically distinguishing appearance from truth, the empirical lure from the moral content: Beauty's a gaudy Sign, no more, To tempt the Gazer to the Door;...the Entertainment lies, Far off remov'd from vulgar Eyes.26 ego The poem mockingly identifies the human body as a "Sign," a commercial advertisement that... | |
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As on her Bed the Wanton lay, Hardly awake from dreaming o'er Her Conquefts of the Day before.. And what's this bidden Charm? (fhe cr'd... 