 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - 664 Seiten
...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...went about, Holding a poor, decrepit standard out Marked with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau I " The allusion to Keats occurs... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1901 - 452 Seiten
...wretched rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay and clip and fit ; Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit. Their...went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out, Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and, in large, The name of one Boileau ! " This complaint, so far... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1901 - 442 Seiten
...wretched rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay and clip and fit; Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit. Their...blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face, And did not know it,—uo, they went about. Holding a poor decrepit standard out, Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and,... | |
 | John Nichol - 1902 - 700 Seiten
...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...went about, Holding a poor, decrepit standard out, MarkU with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! 0 ye whose charge It is to hover... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1904 - 124 Seiten
...wretched rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out, Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau. With their French traditions,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1904 - 942 Seiten
...wretched rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of 'lolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, age )f Poesy. Ill-fat<?d, impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face, Inj did not know... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 Seiten
...spirited denunciation of the school That swayed about upon a rocking horse And thought it Pegasus. Their verses tallied. Easy was the task. A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. And so, with a bold challenge to the "poor, decrepit standard," Masked with most flimsy mottoes, and... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 288 Seiten
...English as only a wilful genius can: Ill-fated, impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyrist face to face, And did not know it, — no, they went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! I am not one to fling abuse... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 434 Seiten
...English as only a wilful genius can: Ill-fated, impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyrist face to face, And did not know it, — no, they went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! I am not one to fling abuse... | |
 | Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - 1905 - 392 Seiten
...summer night collected still to make The morning precious ; Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? No, they went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottoes, and, in large, The name of one Boileau ! " Long before the French assault upon this ancient,... | |
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And compass vile; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task: A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. 
