 | 1888 - 68 Seiten
...that, — " his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire ; Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which, dying, he could wish to blot." Walter Alden DeCamp. BURIAL OF THE ANCIENT. This service to his memory In token of the debt... | |
 | John Dawson Ross - 1889 - 236 Seiten
...RAMSAY. For his chaste muse, employed by heaven-taught lyre, None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. MR. DONALD RAMSAY is a notable example of the many Scotsmen who have risen from the ranks... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 314 Seiten
...Longfellow. For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire ; Not one immoral, one corrupted, thought, One line, which, dying, he could wish to blot.— Lord Littleton. Fal. Either I mistake your shape and making Quite, Or else you are that... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 Seiten
...2. For his chaste Muse employed her heaventaught lyre / None but the noblest passions to inspire, / s complaining, and dies disappointed. Sir W. Temple. Man always worships somet to blot. Littflton on rhftnson. For hope is but the dreani of those that wake. Prior. 5 For I am nothing... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1894 - 544 Seiten
...to you then, will you hear or know ' ALGERNON CHAKLKS SWISBUKNE. PROLOGUE TO THOMSON'S "CORIOLANUS." NOT one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. THE BRIDE OF THE DEAD. SHE has lighted her lamp and crowned it with flowers — The sweetest... | |
 | Estelle Davenport Adams - 1894 - 432 Seiten
...laws ; For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. GEORGE, LORD LYTTELTON : Prologtie to Thomson's ' Coriolanus' Tho' Thomson, sweet descriptive... | |
 | Léon Alexandre Morel - 1895 - 722 Seiten
...know : For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre Nonc but thé noblest passions lo inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could \\isti to blot. Les vers étaient beaux, parce que la douleur qu'ils exprimaient était sincère. L'acteur... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...LYTTELTON. Fur his chaste Muse employ'd her heaventaught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire ; N'ot one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. LORD LYTTELTON: Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. What neede my Shakespeare for his honour'd... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1898 - 488 Seiten
...The actor is said to have broken down in repeating Lyttelton's prologue when he came to the lines : Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying, he could wish to blot. The proceeds were sent to Thomson's sisters. ' Coriolanus ' having been produced and printed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 Seiten
...laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire ; ps ; Wher to blot. О may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior... | |
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Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. 
