...measure merits, look in Stowe, And estimating authors by the year, Bestow a garland only on a bier. Shakspeare, (whom you and every playhouse bill Style...Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart. In all debates -where critics bear a part, Not one but nods, and talks of Jonson's art, Of Shakspeare's...

...and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate." — Sir John Denham. " Who now rends Cowlev ? — If he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed...art, But still I love the language of his heart." — Alexander Pope. " To Cowley we may justly ascribe the formation of a basis, on which ha? since...

...operations of intellect." So it was that, even in Pope's time, Cowley had ceased to be read as a poet. Who now reads Cowley ? If he pleases yet, His moral...Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart. His "poetry" is full of gross conceits almost as exaggerated as those in our modern burlesque rhyme...

...operations of intellect." So it was that, even in Pope's time, Cowley had ceased to be read as a poet. Who now reads Cowley ? If he pleases yet, His moral...his pointed wit: Forgot his epic, nay, Pindaric art, Bat still I love the language of his heart. His "poetry" is full of gross conceits almost as exaggerated...

...Geoffry Chaucer and neere to Spenser. A goodly monument has been since erected to his meinorie." " Who now reads Cowley ! If he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit ; Forget his epic, nay, Pindaric art, But still I lore the language of his heart." • There comes...

...memorie." " Who now reads Cowley J If he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit ; Forget his epic, nay, Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart." There comes to us from Australia an addition to the Colonial Party of England, a scanty stock, which...

...Addison. His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity. — Warton. Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases, yet His moral...Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart. — Pope. Cowley is an author extremely corrupted by the bad taste ot his age ; but, had he lived even...

...taught the lesson of hard- working, patient perseverance. Ben, old and poor, as little seem'd to heed 72 The life to come, in every poet's creed. Who now reads...famous men ! What boy but hears the sayings of old Beu 1 si In all debates where critics bear a part, Not one but nods and talks of Johnson's art, Of...

...family such reward as his fidelity and services seemed to warrant, and his last days were not happy. " Who now reads Cowley ? If he pleases yet, His moral...art, But still I love the language of his heart." — Pope. Prose Writings. — Cowley wrote several essays in prose, which are now more admired than...

...family snch reward as his fidelity and services seemed to warrant, and his last days were not happy. " Who now reads Cowley ? If he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit: Forgot his épie, nay, Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart." — Pope. Proie Writings. —...