 THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page cxxxviiiby John Milton - 1853Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin; rime being no necessary adjunft or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer...barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame meter; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...measure is English heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; rhyme being no necessary adjunct, or true ornament of poem...barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre ; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...Milton, who lias said, that " rhyme is no necessary adjunct, or true ornament, of poem or good verse ; but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre, graced, indeed, since, by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...measure is English heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Creek, and of Virgil in Latin : rhyme being no necessary adjunct, or true ornament of poem...barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modem poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...measure is English heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin; rhyme being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem...especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set ofT wretched matter anil iame metre ; graced, indeed, since, by the use of some famous modern poets,... | |
 | United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...; but the invention of a barbarous age, to set oft' wretched matter and lame metre, graced,indced, since, by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much to their own vexation, hindrance, and constraint, to express many things otherwise, and for the most part... | |
 | England - 1823 - 782 pages
...a narrative poem. M j'i. Rhyme is no necessary ad. junct or true ornament of good verse; it is hut the invention of a barbarous age., to set off wretched matter and lame metre. AV,.<. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...measure is English heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin : rhyme being no necessary adjunct, or true ornament of poem...barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre ; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | England - 1823 - 772 pages
...rhymes in a narrative poem. Mil. Rhyme is no necessary adjunct or true ornament of good verse; it is but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre. Elw. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it is,... | |
 | Scotland - 1823 - 858 pages
...rhymes in a narrative poem. Mil. Rhyme is no necessary adjunct or true ornament of good verse; it is but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off' wretched matter and lame metre. Elw. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it is,... | |
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