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" Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere, Since all things lost on earth are treasur'd there. There heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers... "
The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poems - Page 207
by Alexander Pope - 1752
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5

English literature - 1836 - 436 pages
...there. There heroes' wits are kept in ponderous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases : There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of riband bound ; The courtier's promises, and sick man's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...there1. There heroes' wits are kept in ponderous vases, And beaux' in snuff-boxes and tweezcr-casea. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of riband bound, The courtier's promises, and sick men's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

1842 - 858 pages
...solicitude for our helpless condition. " YOU may go to ," a place paved with good intention?. " Where broken vows and death-bed alms are found. And lovers' hearts with ends of riband bound, The courtier's promises, and sick man's pray'rs, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...there. There heroes' wits are kept in ponderous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweczer-cases : {W riband bound ; The courtier's promises, and sick man's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...there. There Heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, 115 And Beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows, and death-bed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of riband bound, The courtier's promises, and sick men's pray'rs, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the ...

Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...there8. There heroes' wits are kept in ponderous vases, And beaux' in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of riband bound, The courtier's promises, and sick men's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 1

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...there. There heroes' wits are kept in ponderous vases, And beaux' in snuffboxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows, and deathbed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of ribbon bound, The courtier's promises, and sick men's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...there ; There heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, And beaux' in snuff-boxes and tweezer-eases. There broken vows, and death-bed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of riband bound ; The eourtiers' promises, and siek men's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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The Works of Alexander Pope ...

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...there. There heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer cases. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of ribband bound, The courtiers' promises, and sick men's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears of heirs. Cages for...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...there. There heroes' wits are kept in ponderous vases, And beaux' in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows, and death-bed alms are found, And lovers' hearts with ends of ribbon bound, The courtier's promises, and sick man's prayers, The smiles of harlots, and the tears...
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