 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...wofiil ftuff this madrigal would be, --' In fome ftarv'd hackny Sonneteer, or me? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines ! ; Before his facred'name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted Stanza teems with thought ! The Vulgar thus through... | |
 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...woful fluff this madrigal -would i«. In fome Itarv'd hackny fonneteer, or me ? Bat let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! how the...refines! Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, t,2iK ' And each exalted Mania teems with thought! The vulgar thus through imitation err; As oft' the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1722 - 294 pages
...What woeful fluff this madrigal would be, In fome ftarv'd hackny fonneteer, or me? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the...fault, And each exalted ftanza teems with thought I The vulgar thus through imitation err; As oft the learn'd by being fingular; So much they fcorn the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...the Ancients excel ; in. other?, the modern ; juft as thofe accidental circumjlances influenced them. Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza teems with thought ! The Vulgar thus thro' Imitation err ; As oft the Learn'd by being fmgular; 425 So much they fcorn... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...Ancients excel ; in Others, the modern ; juft as thofe accidental circumftances in.; fluenced them. Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza teems with thought * The Vulgar thus thro' Imitation err ; As oft the Learn'd by being fingular; 425 So much they fcorn... | |
 | Christopher Smart - English poetry - 1752 - 264 pages
...What woful ftuff this madrigal wouM be, In fome ftarved hackney fonneteer, or me ? But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens, how the ftyle refines! Before De ARTE CRITICA. 69 Scilicet, inque malam rem caetera turba jubentur. Fruftra autem immenfis cupiunt... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...or me ? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, 420 How the wit brightens! how the ftyle refines I Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza teems with thought! The Vulgar thus through Imitation err; As oft the Learn'd by being fingular; 425 So much they fcorn... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1756 - 348 pages
...woful fluff this madrigal would be, In fome ftarv'd hackney fonnetteer or me ? But let a LORD ONCE OWN the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines F Before his facred name flies every fault, And each exalted ftanaa teems with thought. THE beft part... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...fonneteer, or me ? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, 420 How the wit brightens ! how the ftile refines ! Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza teems with thought ! The Vulgar thus through Imitation err; As oft the Learn'd by being fingular ; 425 COMMENTARY. unlearned... | |
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In fome ftarv'd hackny fonneteer, or me? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines ! Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza teems with thought I The vulgar thus through imitation... 
