 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
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A.. Shaaber - 1959 - Liczba stron: 462
...painted face, 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; And ev'ry warbler has his tune by heart. The mechanics of Pope's art were so subtle that mere "warblers"... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - Liczba stron: 319
...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. This is paralleled by a remark in one of Cowper 's letters to his publisher: "A critic of the present... | |
 | Reader in Classical Languages and Literature Fellow Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - Liczba stron: 479
...improvement in versification'. But the debit side of Pope's achievement was, as Cowper pointed out, that he Made poetry a mere mechanic art. And every warbler has his tune by heart. The slow decay of closed-couplet composition is accompanied by the upsurge of the Romantic spirit,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - Liczba stron: 625
...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, (1731-1800) British poet. Table Talk, I. 646-55 (1 782). Repr. in Poetical Works, ed.... | |
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