The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
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Page 48
... respects to all three , And say he'd be happy to see them to tea . These writers , though classed together , and equally denied admittance to Apollo's dinner table , either from ineligibility to his greater honours , or inability to ...
... respects to all three , And say he'd be happy to see them to tea . These writers , though classed together , and equally denied admittance to Apollo's dinner table , either from ineligibility to his greater honours , or inability to ...
Page 54
... respects were not very seducible by the higher species of poetry . Among these is Hume , who compared a thing called Wilkie's Epigoniad to Virgil , and who was much inclined , in compli- ment to the rest of his French taste in ...
... respects were not very seducible by the higher species of poetry . Among these is Hume , who compared a thing called Wilkie's Epigoniad to Virgil , and who was much inclined , in compli- ment to the rest of his French taste in ...
Page 58
... respect , when their history is con- nected with early difficulties and a humble ori- gin . The manner in which he has related those difficulties , in the interesting little memoir prefix- ed to his Juvenal , is calculated to give his ...
... respect , when their history is con- nected with early difficulties and a humble ori- gin . The manner in which he has related those difficulties , in the interesting little memoir prefix- ed to his Juvenal , is calculated to give his ...
Page 66
... respect to be the result of his own first impressions . There is , indeed , a general want of ambition about Mr. Scott , and a contentedness with what is showy rather than solid , that look like a poet of no very great order . His ...
... respect to be the result of his own first impressions . There is , indeed , a general want of ambition about Mr. Scott , and a contentedness with what is showy rather than solid , that look like a poet of no very great order . His ...
Page 71
... respect may easily be conceived , from the natural fineness of his ear . The lines in his lyric pieces , however , have a music in them , distinct from the ordinary monotony of his cotempora- ries , and evidently traceable to his taste ...
... respect may easily be conceived , from the natural fineness of his ear . The lines in his lyric pieces , however , have a music in them , distinct from the ordinary monotony of his cotempora- ries , and evidently traceable to his taste ...
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Abydos admiration affected Apollo appears bard beautiful better bow'd bright called character Coleridge court court of aldermen cried criticism delight Dryden elegant Eloisa to Abelard ev'ry eyes Fairfax fancy faults Feast feeling flow'r forget friends genius Giaour give graceful harmony Hayley heart idle imitation Italian Jump-up-and-kiss-me Juvenal keep king Laureat least less lines look look'd Lord Byron Lyrical Ballads mind Montepulciano Muse narch never o'er original passion perhaps persons piece Pindar poem poet Poet Laureat poetical poetry politics poor Pope praise prince PYRRHA reader respect rhyme ribaldry round satire Scott seem'd seems sense Shakspeare simplicity singular Sirmio smiles society song soul Southey sparkling speak species spect Spenser spirit style Tasso taste thee thing thou thought tion true turn turn'd twas only Bob verses versification vex'd vulgar Walter Scott wine words Wordsworth writings written