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" The morning precious: beauty was awake! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile: so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip,... "
The Works of Lord Byron - Page 245
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1830 - 532 pages
...volume of a young рем learning to write poetry, and beginning bj teackac the art. Hear him : f ' But ye were dead To things ye knew not of— were...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school : * Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Fm ::• Hodgson. t The strange verses that follow...
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 576 pages
...volume of a young person learning to •write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him :f ' But ye were dead To things ye knew not of— were...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolj Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit,...
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Mémoires publiés par Thomas Moore, Volume 4

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 336 pages
...et ce que valent leurs améliorations et variations nouvelles. (i) « But ye were dead To things yc knew not of — were closely wed To musty laws lined...rule, And compass vile; so that ye taught a school of doits to smooth , inlay, and chip, and fit, Till, Hke thé certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses...
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1830 - 528 pages
...learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him : f ' But re .were dead To (Mniri ye knew not of— were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And i ..in i.. i- 1 rile ; so that je Uufbl »cbooll • Wrilteu bj Lord Byron 'i early friend, the Rev....
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1831 - 572 pages
...volume of a young person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him :f 1 But ye were dead ; To things ye knew not of— were closely wed K- 1 ¿ ' To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a echoolj...
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The works of Thomas Moore, Volume 16

Thomas Moore - 1832 - 512 pages
...great promise. His I r ;i |;ii . ~nt of ' Hyperion' seems actually inspired by the Titans, and is Bat ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were closely wed To musty law* lined out with. wretched rule And compass vile; so that ye taught a school1 Of dolts to smooth,...
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Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 15

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...volume of a young person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him :(2) " But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — .were...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school (3 ) (1) [Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Francis Hodgson.] (2) [In a manuscript note...
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Letters and journals [&c.].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1833 - 678 pages
...volume of a young person ' learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching ' the art. Hear him * : " But ye were dead ' To things ye knew not of — were...wretched rule ' And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolt ' Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, andyW, ' Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit,...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 5

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 396 pages
...man little dreams what he must Inevitably encounter in the course of a life ambitious of public " ' But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were...ye taught a school * Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was tlie task...
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The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pages
...summer night collected still to make The morning precious : Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awuko ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were...rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolte to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses...
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