 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, and fit, Till, like the certain wands...  Mémoires publiés par Thomas Moore - Page 181by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 pages
...I Why. were not ye awake f But ye were dead To things you knew not of,— were closely wed To muaty laws, lined out with wretched rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts, to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wards of Jacoh's wit, Their verses... | |
 | John Keats - 1891 - 246 pages
...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 Morley - 1894 - 702 pages
...make The morning precious : Beauty was awake ! Why were yc not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were closely wed To musty laws lined...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certnin wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - 376 pages
...precious : beauty was awake ! Why were not ye 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, and fit. Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses... | |
 | 1894 - 706 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...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 rones... | |
 | James Morgan Hart - 1895 - 390 pages
...avowed defiance of such rules : 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...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school * Running over is technically called enjambement, "striding." t John Serle, Pope's faithful servant.... | |
 | John Keats - 1896 - 348 pages
...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 '95 And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,... | |
 | John Keats - 1896 - 350 pages
...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 '95 And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,... | |
 | John Keats - 1896 - 338 pages
...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 '95 And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,... | |
 | James Cuthbert Hadden - 1898 - 422 pages
...was very different — might almost have been directly addressed to him : Ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined...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... | |
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