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 19von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 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...soars to elegize an ass. How well the subject suits his noble mind ! "A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind." And Coleridge wrote The Ancient Mariner... | |
| 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...soars to elegize an 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... | |
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