 What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! how the style refines ! Before his sacred name flies every fault, And each exalted stanza teems with thought.  Solitude - Page 19de Johann Georg ritter von Zimmermann - 1819 - 368 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Pope - 1711 - 54 pages
...Nonfenfe for my Lord. What woful fluff this Madrigal wou'd be, In fome ftarv'd Hackny Sonneteer, or me ? n But let a Lord once own the happy Lines, How the Wit brightens \ How the Style refines J Before his facred Name flies ev'ry Fault, And each exalted Stanza... | |
 | 1714 - 528 pages
...Nonfenfe foi- my Lord. What woful Stuff this Madrigal would be, In fome ftarv'd Hackney-Sonneteer, or me ? But let a Lord once own the happy Lines, How the Wit brightens ! How. the Style refines ! Before his ficred Name flies ev'iy Fault ; Arid each exalted -Stanza... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 pages
...nonfenfe for my Lord. What wofiil ftuff this madrigal would be, --' In fome ftarv'd hackny Sonneteer, or me? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines ! ; Before his facred'name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted Stanza... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1722 - 294 pages
...carry nonfenfe for my Lord. What woeful fluff this madrigal would be, In fome ftarv'd hackny fonneteer, or me? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines ! Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1736 - 234 pages
...honfenfe for my Lord. What woful (tuff this madrigal would be, 420 In fome ftarvM hackney fonneteer, or me ? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftylc refines ! Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza... | |
 | Christopher Smart - 1752 - 264 pages
...nonfenfe for my lord. 420; What woful ftuff this madrigal wouM be, In fome ftarved hackney fonneteer, or me ? But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens, how the ftyle refines! Before Scilicet, inque malam rem caetera turba jubentur. Fruftra... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1756 - 356 pages
...exclaim with our author, What woful fluff this madrigal would be, In fome ftarv'd hackney fonnetteer or me ? But let a LORD ONCE OWN the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines ! Before his facred name flies every fault, And each exalted ftanza... | |
 | 1762 - 556 pages
...claim with our author, " What woful ftuff this Madrigal would be, " In fome ftarv'd hackney fonneteer, or me ? " But let a lord once own the happy lines, " How the wit brightens, how the ftile refines ! i Catalogue of " It is certain, fays the other, that his grace's... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1762 - 544 pages
...claim with our author, " What woful fluff this Madrigal would be, " In fome ftarv'd hackney fonneteer, or me ? " But let a lord once own the happy lines, " How the wit brightens, how the ftile refines ! Catalogue of " It is certain, fays the other, that his grace's compofitions... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...exclaim with our author, What woful fluff this madrigal would be. In Come ftarv'd hackney fonnetteer or me ? But let a LORD ONCE OWN the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines ! Before his facred name flies every fault, And each exalted ftanza... | |
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