 ... 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
 | William John Courthope - 1910 - 526 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 mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! It is... | |
 | 1912 - 396 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. Ill-fated, impious race! That blasphem 'd 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 mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau! " Of course... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1913 - 412 pages
...upon a rocking-horse And thought it Pegasus. . . . Ill-fated 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 1 " During... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - 1914 - 462 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, decrepid standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau." Endymion.... | |
 | John Keats - 1914 - 538 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask QjTPoesy',, 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 B9ileau ! 0 ye... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 530 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. Ill-fated, impious race! 40 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 ! 45 From... | |
 | John Keats - 1917 - 380 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 Marked with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! Dr Robert... | |
 | Sidney Colvin - 1917 - 654 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 mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! The two... | |
 | Charles Henry Conrad Wright - 1920 - 206 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 decrepid standard out Marked with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau! 2 Yet when... | |
 | John Keats - 1921 - 230 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, iii Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! f O ye whose charge It is... | |
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