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
| William Morton Payne - 1907 - 404 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.... | |
| Abby Willis Howes - 1909 - 238 pages
...their following of fixed rules. He says to them : — "... beauty was awake ! _ Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were...certain wands of Jacob's wit Their verses tallied." Keats was no follower of "musty laws." His poetry is the triumph of the romantic movement. THE PROSE.... | |
| George Paston - 1909 - 430 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.... | |
| George Paston - 1909 - 420 pages
...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...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.... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 968 pages
...summer nights collected still to make The morning precious : beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake? must wither'd be, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. Ill-fated,... | |
| 1900 - 1034 pages
...in "Sleep and Poetry:" Beauty was awake! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye know not of — were closely wed To musty laws lined out...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.... | |
| Edwin Watts Chubb - 1914 - 462 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...ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and dip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task:... | |
| Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1914 - 346 pages
...wrote in the language of satire, in " Sleep and Poetry ":— " 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.... | |
| Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1914 - 346 pages
...in the language of satire, in " Sleep and Poetry " : — " Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were...musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vi!e: so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, Inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain... | |
| 1916 - 548 pages
...make The morning precious ; beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things you knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined...fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. The back-swing of the pendulum from this extreme... | |
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