And each adventure so sublimely tells, That all who view the 'idiot in his glory' Conceive the bard the hero of the story. Shall gentle Coleridge pass unnoticed here, To turgid ode and tumid stanza dear? Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet... English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satire - Seite 21von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 Seiten
...obscurity's a welcome guest. If Inspiration should her aid refuse 260 To him who takes a pixy for a muse,8 at were drawing near. For they have swum over the river so deep, 60 An ass.7 So well the subject suits his noble mind, He brays the laureat of the long-ear 'd kind. » See... | |
| 1916 - 792 Seiten
...stanza dear? 250 Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet still obscurity's a welcome guest. Muse,1 Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass The bard who soars to elegize an ass. How well the subject... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 Seiten
...should her aid refuse V, n who takes a Pixy for a Muse,1 . ">ne in lofty numbers can surpass 1 ue baid Y fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind !" CIIILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE THE FAREWELL: FROM CANTO I Oh,... | |
| George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 Seiten
...tumid stanza dear ? Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet still obscurity 'sa welcome gnest. rdsworth Editions elegjae an ass. So well the subject sails his noble mind. He brays the lauréat of the long-ear'd kind.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 Seiten
...obscurity's a welcome guest. If Inspiration should her aid refuse 260 To him who takes a pixy for a muse,2 Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass The bard who soars to elegise an ass. So well the subject suits his noble mind, He brays, the laureat of the long-ear'd kind.... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1997 - 618 Seiten
...tumid stanza dear? Though themes of innocence amuse him best, Yet still Obscurity's a weleome guest. If Inspiration should her aid refuse To him who takes...for a muse, Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass I'he bard who soars to elegize an an ass. So well his subject suits his noble mind, I le brays, the... | |
| 1924 - 406 Seiten
...Scott, "vulgar Wordsworth," and Coleridge! Yes, he writes of Coleridge as one — . . . who takes a Bixy for a Muse, Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass...ass. How well the subject suits his noble mind ! "A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind." And Coleridge wrote The Ancient Mariner 1 And Coleridge wrote... | |
| 1883 - 892 Seiten
...slips off men's pens, I am conscious that critics may recall against me Byron's sneer at Wordsworth : Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass The bard who...ass ; How well the subject suits his noble mind ! A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind. But what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the ass, is the... | |
| 1820 - 568 Seiten
...ode, and tumid stanza dear ?' ' — None in lofty numbers can surpass The Bard who soars to eulogize an ass. How well the subject suits his noble mind ! " A fellow feeling makes us wond'rous kind." ' From nine couplets to MG LEWIS, we select these. ' Oh ! wonder-working LEWIS ! Monk, or Bard, Who... | |
| 1903 - 870 Seiten
...parody written by a freshman: "For none in lofty numbers can surpass The bard who soars to eulogize an ass. How well the subject suits his noble mind; A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind." Parody — Sure none in keenest humor can surpass The Juniors who at shows parade an ass. How well... | |
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