 Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way?" BOSWELL: "But why smite his bosom, Sir?" JOHNSON: "Why, to shew he was in earnest  The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ... - Page 385by Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - Authors, English - 1891 - 470 pages
...' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray, Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell, i What is bliss, and which the way? ' Thus I spoke, and speaking, sighed, Scarce repressed the starting tear, When the hoary sage replied, ' Come, my lad, and drink... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...Wearing out life's evening gray. Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Smite given. The Republicans based their action mainly on an Act t Where is bliss? would have been better." Boswell continues: "He then added a ludicrous stanza, but... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...shall we make out the stanza? — Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray ; Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell. What is bliss? and which the way t Where is bliss? would have been better." Boswell continues: "He then added a ludicrous stanza, but... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 pages
...to imitate such a one, naming him : Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray ; Strike thy bosom, sage! and tell What is bliss, and...Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary Sage reply'd, Come, my lad, and drink some beer'.' I could give another comical instance of caricatura imitation.... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1898 - 478 pages
...his laugh at this popular person: " ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening gray. Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way ?' " Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed, Scarce suppressed the starting tear: When the hoary sage replied, ' Come, my lad, and drink... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - English poetry - 1922 - 488 pages
...imitate such a one, naming him : " ' Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray ; Strike thy bosom, sage ! and tell What is bliss, and which the way ? 1 Johnson's Miscellanies, ed. Hill, I, 192. 1 The assistance given to Percy by Johnson, in the publication... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - Epigrams - 1926 - 264 pages
...received, More thankful for the little I have done. Richard Gamed. THE WAY OF WISDOM : AN IMITATION. Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening...bliss, and which the way ? Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed, Scarce repressed the starting tear, When the smiling sage replied — " Come, my lad, and drink... | |
 | Harry Kemp - English poetry - 1927 - 482 pages
...an eight-lined poem of the bluff, honest, bigoted Doctor's, entitled— IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF— "Hermit hoar, in solemn cell Wearing out life's evening...bliss, and which the way." Thus I spoke, and speaking, sighed, Scarce repressed the starting tear, When the hoary sage replied "Come, my lad, and have some... | |
 | James Boswell - Hypochondria - 1928 - 390 pages
...weakness of the sentimental school, Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which...spoke ; and speaking sigh'd; — Scarce repress'd the ilarting tear; When the smiling sage reply'd, points of style, Boswell is more cheerful, but scarcely... | |
 | James Boswell - Hypochondria - 1928 - 394 pages
...sentimental school, Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grayi Smite thy bosom, (age, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way? Thus I...spoke; and speaking sigh'd; — Scarce repress'd the slarting tear; When the smiling sage reply'd, points of style, Boswell is more cheerful, but scarcely... | |
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