 ... 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
 | John Keats - 1841 - 254 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, decrepid standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! O ye... | |
 | 1892 - 890 pages
...century versifiers as an Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright Lyrist [Apollo himself J to his face, And did not know it. No, they went about, Holding a poor decrepid standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottoes, and hi large The name of one Boileau ! Among... | |
 | John Keats - 1846 - 340 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, decrepid standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! O ye... | |
 | John Keats - 1846 - 348 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, decrepid standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! O ye... | |
 | John Keats - 1855 - 416 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, Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! O ye... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 584 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed the bright lyrist lo his face, And did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor deerepit standard out * Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Francis Hodgson. t The strange... | |
 | 1905 - 880 pages
...only a willful genius can: — Ill-fated, Impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyrist face to face, And did not know it, — no, they went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! I am... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his 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 ! '... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poetry. 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 2 mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! V... | |
 | John Keats - 1873 - 402 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 mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau ! O ye... | |
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