...their former laurels fade, Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: LoW may they sink to merited contempt,...prostituted muse and hireling bard! For this we spurn Appllo's venal son, And bid a long " good night to Marmion." l , These are the themes that .claim our...

...letter abounds with the simplest absurdities ever concocted for public perusal; and of such I will say " Low may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt.'' In allusion to the subject of my former letter, I still adhere firmly to my original proposition, that...

...a commercial, rather than a proud and warlike age. This gross defect ought to have been remedied or Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of...For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long ' Good-night to Marmion.' " BYRON'S Works, vol. vii. p. 285-6.] palliated. Yet I suffered the tree...

...a commercial, rather than a proud and warlike age. This gross defect ought to have been remedied or Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of...For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long ' Good-night to Marmion.' " palliated. Yet I suffered the tree to lie as it liad fallen. I remember...

...their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame ; Low may they sink to merited contempt,...venal son, And bid a long "good night to Marmion. "-f These are the themes that claim our plaudits no\v ; These are the bards to whom the muse must bow...

...for fame : Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain ! And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of...good night to Marmion."* These are the themes that elaim our plaudits now ; These are the bards to whom the muse must bow ; While Milton, Dryden, Pope,...

...for fame : Still for stern Mammon may they toil in rain, And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of...bid a long " good night to Marmion."* These are the tbemcs that claim our plaudits now ; These ate the bards to whom the muse must bow ; While Milton,...

...their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame : Low may they sink to merited contempt,...their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted rause and hireling bard! For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long "good-night to Marmion."*...

...a commercial, rather than a proud and warlike age. This gross defect ought to have been remedied or Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bardl For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long ' Good-night to Marmion.' " BYRON'S Works,...

...their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame ; Low may they sink to merited contempt,...Apollo's venal son, And bid a long "good night to Marmion."t These are the themes that claim our plaudits now ; These are the bards to whom the muse...