 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
 | S W. Leonard - 1867 - 424 pages
...nonsense for my lord. What woeful stuff this madrigal would he In some starv'd, hackney"d 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...carry nonsense for my lord. 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... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1867 - 582 pages
...epigram of CALLIMACHUS. What woful stuff this madrigal wonld be In some starved hackney sonueteer, or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! POPE : Etmy im OiKeww. MOLIERE has the same sentiment : — Tons... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...POETS — continued. What woful stuff' this madrigal would be, In some starved hackney sonnetteer, or me ? But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Pope,E.CA\S. The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...skims along the main. Partn. Line 162. For fools admire, but men of sense approve. Partn, Line 191. But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Part ii. Line 220. Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But, like... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1870 - 802 pages
...skims along the main. part ii. Line 162. For fools admire, but men of sense approve. Part ii. Line 191. But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Part ii. Line 220. Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But, like... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 530 pages
...estimated literary works by the rauk of the author: What woful stuff this madrigal would be lu some starved hackney souneteer, or me ! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! hew the style refines ! Before his sacred name flies ev'ry fault, Ami each exalted stanza... | |
 | 1871 - 456 pages
...nonsense for my lord. What woeful stuff this madrigal would be In some starv'd, hackney'd 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 528 pages
...of the author : What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me 1 But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines 1 Before his sacred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted stanza... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...skims along the main. Part ii. Line 162. For fools admire, but men of sense approve. Part ii. Line 191. But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines ! Part ii. Line 220. Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But, like... | |
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