 | Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - Ballads, English - 1875 - 480 pages
...knowing his mind, Past by, and call'd Faulkland, that sate just behind. But he was of late so grown with divinity, That he had almost forgot his Poetry,...it) He might have been both his Priest and his Poet. At length, who but an Alderman did apj>ear, At which Will Davenant began to swear ; But wiser Apollo... | |
 | John Suckling - 1886 - 282 pages
...Falkland that sat just behind: But He was of late so gone with divinity, A SESSIONS OF THE POETS. 179 That he had almost forgot his poetry; Though to say...it, He might have been both his priest and his poet. At length who but an Alderman did appear, At which Will. Davenant began to swear ; But wiser Apollo... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1887 - 500 pages
...Apollo had spied him, but, knowing his mind, Fast by, and called Falkland that sat just behind. But he was of late so gone with divinity, That he had...it, He might have been both his priest and his poet. We here get Falkland's modesty combined with intellectual activity, which no doubt constituted the... | |
 | William John Monk - Burford (England) - 1891 - 224 pages
...was, " That he pitied unlearned gentlemen upon a rainy day." Suckling says of him at this time : — " He was of late so gone with Divinity That he had almost...He might have been both his Priest and his Poet." Burford Priory was sold about 1636 to the Lenthall family. Wood says in 1634 or thereabouts, but we... | |
 | Sir John Suckling, Alfred Inigo Suckling - Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642 - 1892 - 262 pages
...spied him, but knowing his mind Passed by, and call'd Falkland that sat just behind. But He was of lato so gone with divinity, That he had almost forgot his poetry ; Though to say the truth (iind Apollo did know it) He might have been both his priest and his poet. lished in 1659, 8vo. He... | |
 | John Howard Bertram Masterman - English literature - 1897 - 308 pages
...although, in his friends' opinion, he was equally fitted to shine in poetry and in graver studies : ' He was of late so gone with divinity That he had almost...He might have been both his priest and his poet.' As Falkland's intellectual character developed and ripened, impatience of dogmatism became one of its... | |
 | Thomas Longueville - Great Britain - 1897 - 242 pages
...Apollo had spied him, but knowing his mind Pass'd by, and call'd Falkland that sat just behind. Bat He was of late so gone with divinity, That he had...did know it), He might have been both his priest and poet. * Memoires, p. 159. t The Poems, Plays and other Remains of Sir John Suckling, vol. i., P-7t... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1899 - 340 pages
...APOLLO had spied him; but, knowing his mind, Passed by, and called FALKLAND that sat just behind But He was, of late, so gone with Divinity, That he had almost forgot his Poetry; Though, to say truth (and APOLLO did know it!), He might have been both his Priest and his Poet! 290 At length, who... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1899 - 336 pages
...behind But He was, of late, so gone with Divinity, That he had almost forgot his Poetry ; Though, to say truth (and APOLLO did know it !), He might have been both his Priest and his Poet ! 290 At length, who but an Alderman did appear ; At which WILL. DAVENANT began to swear: But wiser... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 374 pages
...compliment in his " Session of the Poets." Apollo has summoned Falkland to his presence, but — " He was of late so gone with divinity, That he had almost forgot his poetry ; 1 William Chillingworth was one of the most profound scholars, and, perhaps, the acntest and closest... | |
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But He was of late so gone with divinity, That he had almost forgot his poetry, Though to say the truth (and Apollo did know it) He might have been both his priest and his poet. 
