 ... 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 verses tallied. Easy was the task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. Ill-fated,...  Mémoires publiés par Thomas Moore - Page 181by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 576 pages
...thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it ; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out * Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Francis Hodgioa. t The strange... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1830 - 528 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill- fated, Impious race. That blasphemed tbe bright lyrist to bit pleasur decrepit standard out, M irk 41 with most flimsy inultos, and in large The name of one Boileau ° "... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1831 - 572 pages
...thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it ; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out • * Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Francis Hodgson. t The étrange... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 512 pages
...thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! * A little... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! A little... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1833 - 678 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask ' Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, ' That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, ' And did not know it ; no, they went about ' Holding a poor decrepit standard out ' Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large ' The name of one Boileau ! "... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 400 pages
...thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it ; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau.' " A little... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 396 pages
...thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it ; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau.' " A little... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. Ill-fated, impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyiist to his face, And did not know it, — no, they went about, Holding a poor, decrepit standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! 0 ye... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pages
...handicmftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. Ill-fated, impious mce ! That blasphemed the bright Lytist to hie face, And did not know it, — no, they went about, Holding a poor, decrepit standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! O ye... | |
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