 ... as harmony itself exact, In verse well disciplined, complete, compact, Gave virtue and morality a grace, That, quite eclipsing pleasure's painted face, Levied a tax of wonder and applause, Even on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his...  Poems - Page 26by William Cowper - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 pages
...generation, says in Ld; ' Table Talk ' that " He (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch), Made poetry a mere mechanic art, . And every warbler has the tune by heart." No criticism, in my opinion, was ever more superficial or unjust 1 I am spending... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 330 pages
...on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. 655 Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to ARBUTHNOT and SWIFT, With droll sobriety... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 340 pages
...on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. 655 Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to ARBUTHNOT and SWIFT, With droll sobriety... | |
 | John Bascom - 1893 - 458 pages
...rigidity into which literature had fallen under the influence of Pope, and complains of him that he has " Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart." This independent criticism shows that he caught sight of a new era, and designedly hastened its coming.... | |
 | James Brown Selkirk - 1878 - 266 pages
...Table Talk,' speaking of Pope, complains That he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. With Mr. Tennyson's influence abroad, who will deny it is as much the case in our day? The poet, indeed,... | |
 | James Brown - 1878 - 258 pages
...Table Talk,' speaking of Pope, complains That he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. With Mr. Tennyson's influence abroad, who will deny it is as much the case in our day? The poet, indeed,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 pages
...on the fools that trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art,...warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot and Swift, With droll sobriety they raised a smile At... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 pages
...trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Ff2 Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot and Swift, With droll sobriety they raised a smile At... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 pages
...trampled on their laws. But he (his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Ff2 Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his tune by heart. Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot and Swift, With droll sobriety they raised a smile At... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...compact, he condemns his devotion to form : But he, his musical finesse was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch, Made poetry a mere mechanic art, And every warbler has his time by heart. In reading Pope, we are impressed by the wonderful subjection of the idea to the exactions... | |
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