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...handicrafts men wore thé mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed thé bright Jyrist to his face, And did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor décrépit standard out Mark'd with raost flimsy mottos , and in largo The narae of one Boileau ! (2)...

...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolj Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was tke task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed...

...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a echoolj Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out • * Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Francis Hodgson. t The étrange verses that follow...

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...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school * Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...Boileau.' " A little before the manner of Pope is termed "' Asctsmf, Nurtured by foppery and barbarism, Made great Apollo blush for this his land.' " I thought...

...' And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolt ' Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, ' Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, ' Their...flimsy mottos, and in large ' The name of one Boileau ! " • The strange verses that follow are from a poem by Keats. — Tn a manuscript note on this passage...

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