If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares,
The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
-- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc. 1
The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
-- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc. 1
Related:
- T is woman that seduces all mankind;
By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.
John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act i... - Brother, brother! we are both in the wrong.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
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The Beggar's Opera, Act ii, Sc.... - The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
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John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii... - Over the hills and far away.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
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The Beggar's Opera, Act i, Sc.... - How happy could I be with either,
Were t' other dear charmer away!
John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's Opera, Act ii... - So comes a reckoning when the banquet 's o'er,--
The dreadful reckoning,
and men smile no more. -- John Gay (1688-1732) -... - T was when the sea was roaring
With hollow blasts of wind,
A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd. -... - The charge is prepar'd, the lawyers are met,
The judges all ranged,
a terrible show! -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The Beggar's... - The man that lays his hand upon a woman,
Save in the way of kindness,
is a wretch Whom 't were gross flattery to name a coward...
