 Pope, as harmony itself exact, In verse well disciplined, complete, compact, Gave virtue and morality a grace, That, quite eclipsing pleasure's painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, Even on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his...  The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr - Strona 168autor: William Hayley - 1805Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Cowper - 1835 - Liczba stron: 362
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...mechanic art ; And every warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot and Swift, With droll sobriety they... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - Liczba stron: 620
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And ev'ry warbler has his tune by neart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbufhnot... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - Liczba stron: 396
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, Even on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he, (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot and Swift, With droll sobriety they... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - Liczba stron: 534
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; And ev'ry warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - Liczba stron: 554
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, Even on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere meehanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1840 - Liczba stron: 342
...Coicpcr** Titbit 7*00. Speaking of Pope, Cowper says ; •* But he, (Iiis musical fmesse was su^h,) So nice his ear, so delicate his touch, Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And evc.ry warbler has his tuae by UearU" Carey's style is bold, familiar, and impressive. His typographical... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Liczba stron: 456
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, * So nice his ear,...delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art ; Aod every warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Liczba stron: 260
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, 650 E'en on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he, (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch,) Made poetry a mere mechanick art ; And ev'ry warbler has his tune by heart. 655 Nature imparting her satirick gift, Her... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - Liczba stron: 484
...irregular one. If his verse be not so highly polished asr that of Pope, — who, he complains, has Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart, — it is in its own way nearly as " well disciplined, complete, compact," as he has described Pope's... | |
 | 1846 - Liczba stron: 608
...exemplification of the rhythmical charms of English verse. He never offends you — he always pleases : — " His musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch," that every verse he wrote will satisfy the ear and satisfy the fingers. A second critic of distinction... | |
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