 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 247by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
 | David Masson - 1874 - 338 pages
...summer-night collected still to make 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 rale And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip and fit, Till,... | |
 | Walter Parke - 1875 - 270 pages
...lapidaries who are finically anxious about the niceties of form and diction : — " A school Of dolts who smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied." This boldness and independence caused much of the opposition he met with. That so unfledged an aspirant... | |
 | 1892 - 568 pages
...summer nights collected still to make The morning precious : Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were...compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tall1ed.... | |
 | John Keats - 1883 - 516 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...ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, undjit Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task A... | |
 | John Keats - 1883 - 518 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...ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and fit Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task... | |
 | John Keats - 1883 - 440 pages
...summer nights collected still to make 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 195 And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,... | |
 | John Keats - 1883 - 446 pages
...summer nights collected still to make 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 195 And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,... | |
 | John Keats - 1884 - 420 pages
...summer nights collected still to make The morning precious : beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were...compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied.... | |
 | John Keats - 1885 - 324 pages
...summer uights collected still to make The morning precious : beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were...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.... | |
 | Robert Browning, Hiram Corson - 1886 - 408 pages
...summer nights collected still to make 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 rale And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,... | |
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