| Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1908 - 582 oldal
...Rhimesj Til try to ina/ii1 they're sevnd Beauties known And shmn their Versen irorlli, t/tu' not my Oirn. Long had our dull Fore-Fathers slept Supine, Nor felt the Raptures of the Tuneful June; Till Chaucer fiist, a merry Bard, arose ; And many a Story told in Rliime and Prose. But Age... | |
| Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1925 - 704 oldal
...Tuneful Nine; Till Chaucer first, a merry Bard, arose ; And many a Story told in Rhime and Prose. I T3ut Age has Rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his Language and obscur'd his Wit: I In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain iy And tries to make his Readers laugh in vain.1 Other... | |
| Ernest Edward Kellett - 1928 - 296 oldal
...seems to have known as little of Chaucer as of what went before him; but he speaks to the same effect: Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. To Mason also — who attempted to imitate Chaucer — "Tityrus" was first. The fancy persisted long.... | |
| Francis Meehan - 1928 - 764 oldal
...sang Sir John Denham, the Irish Englishman. And in similar vein young Joseph Addison pays tribute : Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...bard, arose. And many a story told in rhyme and prose. And Southey summarizes the general opinion of Chaucer when he says, " The line of English poets begins... | |
| John T. Lynch - 2003 - 244 oldal
...Spenser, who may perhaps be reckon'd as Exceptions to this Remark."6o Addison will not admit even Chaucer: Chaucer first, a merry Bard, arose, And many a story told in rhime, and prose. But age has rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscur'd his wit:... | |
| 1874 - 564 oldal
...ccount of the Oreateit Englitk Poeii, addressed " To Mr. Henry Sacheverell," and are as follows : — " Chaucer first, a merry bard arose, And many a story...writ, Worn out his language and obscur'd his wit : In vaii i he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers laugh, in vain." COLCMB. —... | |
| Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1960 - 692 oldal
...unusual force by Addison. These are his lines, in his Account of the Greatest English Poets (1694) :— Long had our dull Fore-Fathers slept Supine, Nor felt...first, a merry Bard, arose ; And many a Story told in Rhime and Prose. But Age has Rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his Language and obscur'd his Wit:... | |
| English poetry - 1801 - 224 oldal
...ACCOUNT OF .THE GREATEST ENGLISH POETS. BYADDISO N. JLjOKG had our dull fore-fathers slept supine-,Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine ; 'Till Chaucer..., a merry Bard , arose , And many a story told in rhime , and prose. But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language , and obscur'd his... | |
| Ernest Edward Kellett - 1928 - 296 oldal
...seems to have known as little of Chaucer as of what went before him; but he speaks to the same effect: Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine, Till Chaucer fast, a merry bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. To Mason also — who attempted... | |
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