 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 - 1866 - Liczba stron: 720
...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 lias his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - Liczba stron: 332
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - Liczba stron: 574
...made on Pope by Wordsworth and Coleridge in the next generation, says in Ld; ' Table Talk ' that " He (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...poetry a mere mechanic art, . And every warbler has the tune by heart." No criticism, in my opinion, was ever more superficial or unjust 1 I am spending... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - Liczba stron: 538
...specially noticed this effect of Pope's writings. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, HO delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. Ia metrical skill Pope was thought by most persons to have surpissed all his predecessors. " He is... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - Liczba stron: 330
...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,...mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. 655 Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to ARBUTHNOT and SWIFT, With droll sobriety... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - Liczba stron: 340
...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,...mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. 655 Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to ARBUTHNOT and SWIFT, With droll sobriety... | |
 | John Bascom - 1893 - Liczba stron: 458
...rigidity into which literature had fallen under the influence of Pope, and complains of him that he has " Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart." This independent criticism shows that he caught sight of a new era, and designedly hastened its coming.... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1877 - Liczba stron: 564
...While at the same time he condemns his exaltation of the form side of poetry, as he adds: — " But he, his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...delicate his touch, Made poetry a mere mechanic art." Cowper's spirit was a free spirit, and it chafed under the fetters of versification which Pope had... | |
 | James Brown - 1878 - Liczba stron: 258
...insisted on printing their tale. Cowper, again, in the ' Table Talk,' speaking of Pope, complains That he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear,...mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. With Mr. Tennyson's influence abroad, who will deny it is as much the case in our day? The poet, indeed,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - Liczba stron: 590
...made on Pope by Wordsworth and Coleridge in the next generation, says in his ( Table Talk ' that " He (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate Ms touch), Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has the tune by heart." No criticism,... | |
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