 Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands...  Romanticism and the Rise of the Mass Publicby Andrew Franta - 2007Limited preview - About this book
 | John Keats - 1926 - 738 pages
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 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1830 - 532 pages
...the task : Qfdofts to smooth, inlay , and chip, andjlf, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy....did not know it ; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out, Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau !' " Л... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 336 pages
...handicrafts men wore thé mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed thé bright Jyrist to his face, And did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor décrépit standard out Mark'd with raost flimsy mottos , and in largo The narae of one Boileau ! (2)... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poets, English - 1831 - 576 pages
...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolj Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was tke task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1830 - 528 pages
...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill- fated, Impious race. That blasphemed tbe bright lyrist to bit pleasur decrepit standard out, M irk 41 with most flimsy inultos, and in large The name of one Boileau ° "... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - English letters - 1831 - 572 pages
...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a echoolj Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...did not know it ; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out • * Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Francis Hodgson. t The étrange... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 512 pages
...wretched rule And compass vile; so that ye taught a school1 Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and /If, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! * A little... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...the language.] . (3) Itwas at least ^grammar " school." Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, Bud Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their...did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau ! A little... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English letters - 1833 - 684 pages
...' And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolt ' Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, ' Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, ' Their...not know it ; no, they went about ' Holding a poor decrepit standard out ' Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large ' The name of one Boileau ! "... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 404 pages
...* Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Theit verses tallied. Easy was the task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, n - . | .That blasphemed the bright lyrist to his face, And did not know it ; no, they went about Holding... | |
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