 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
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - Liczba stron: 562
...painted face, 40 Levied a tax of wonder and applause, Ev'n 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, 45 And ev'ry warbler has his tune by heart. 1780. 1782. FROM TRUTH Yon ancient'prude, whose withered... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - Liczba stron: 420
...two hundred years ago men stood 1 Macaulay probably had Cowper's lines about Pope in his mind : But he (his musical finesse was such So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a new mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. still to listen when 'a young poet lifted... | |
 | Rudolf Kahn - 1910 - Liczba stron: 144
...Cowper hat über diesen mehrfach seine Meinung geäussert. Die folgende Stelle in „Table Talk" (1782): „He (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has the tune by heart" enthält bereits ein äusserst scharfes Urteil über Popes Dichtungsweise. Jedoch... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - Liczba stron: 616
...painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, E'en on the fools that trampled on tbeir laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...poetry a mere mechanic art ; And every warbler has bis tune by heart. — COWPER, WILLIAM, 1782, Table Talk. Pope's works are superabundant with superfluous... | |
 | Anna Sheldon Camp Sneath - 1912 - Liczba stron: 302
...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. — WILLIAM COWPER TO MR. POPE To move the springs of nature as we please, To think with spirit, but... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1914 - Liczba stron: 606
...honour of quotation by Bulwer Lytton in his play Money. On a, higher level is his criticism of Pope: But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. Cowper himself had the tune by heart, no doubt; but he did not sing it. Using the heroic couplet throughout... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1914 - Liczba stron: 552
...honour of quotation by Bulwer Lytton in his play Money. On a higher level is his criticism of Pope : But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. Cowper himself had the tune by heart, no doubt ; but he did not sing it Using the heroic couplet throughout... | |
 | 1919 - Liczba stron: 690
...writ, The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. And Pope is to blame, who, "as harmony itself exact," Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart.* But Cowper sees still some hope for English poetry. Some originality even now redeems the moderns from... | |
 | 1919 - Liczba stron: 680
...writ, The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. And Pope is to blame, who, "as harmony itself exact," Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart.4 But Cowper sees still some hope for English poetry. Some originality even now redeems the moderns... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - 1920 - Liczba stron: 380
...Parnassus but to please their ear. And finally, Cowper in Table Talk had found Pope wanting because he Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. So that from the beginning there had been no lack of consciousness that heroic verse tended towards... | |
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