 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...Fancy leads, or Virgil led the way ?" " On Mincio's banks, in Cxtar'i bounteous reign, " If Tiiyrus found the golden age again, " Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, " Mcc/ianick echoes of the Mantuan song ? j " From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray, " Where... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 pages
...their amorous pains reveal, The only pains, alas ! they never feel. THE, On MINCIO'S banks, in CESAR'S bounteous reign, If TITYRUS found the golden age again,...stray, Where VIRGIL, not where fancy, leads the way ? Yes, thus the Muses sing of happy swains, Because the Muses never knew their pains : They boast their... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 302 pages
...boys, their amorous pains reveal, The only pains, alas ! they never feel. On MINCIO'S banks, in CESAR'S bounteous reign, If TITYRUS found the Golden Age again,...sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic echo's of the Mantuan song ? From truth and nature shall we widely stray, Where VIRGIL, not where fancy,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 pages
...their amorous pains reveal, The only pains, alas ! they never feel. THE On MINCIO'S banks, in CESAR'S bounteous reign, If TITYRUS found the golden age again, Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong,Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song ? From truth and nature shall we widely stray, Where VIRGIL,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 274 pages
...boys, their amorous pains reveal, The only pains, alas ! they never feel. On MIKCIO'S banks, in CESAR'S bounteous reign, If TITYRUS found the golden age again, Must sleepy bards the nattering dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song ? From truth and nature shall we widely... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 276 pages
...their amorous pains reveal, The only pains, alas ! they never feel. THE On MINCIO'S banks, in CESAR'S bounteous reign, If TITYRUS found the golden age again, Must sleepy bards the nattering dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song ? From truth and nature shall we widely... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 568 pages
...Voltaire, Blackmore, and later worthies ; and we may well use the expostulation of a living poet, — ' Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic...Where Virgil not where fancy leads the way?' Here therefore is one road to the temple of fame, not indeed blockaded, but broken up and rendered impassable... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 562 pages
...Voltaire, Blackmore, and later worthies ; and we may well use the expostulation of a living poet, — ' Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic...stray, Where Virgil not where fancy leads the way r* Here therefore is one road to the temple of fame, not indeed blockaded, but broken up and rendered... | |
 | 1811 - 566 pages
...real picture of the poor, Demand a song — the Muse can give no more. On Mincio's banks, in Caesar's bounteous reign, If Tityrus found the golden age again, Must sleepy bards the flatt'ring dreams prolong ? Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song ? From Truth and Nature shall we widely... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1812 - 190 pages
...their amorous pains reveal, The only pains, alas ! they never feel. On MINCIO'S banks, in CJESAR'S bounteous reign, If TITYRUS found the Golden Age again,...stray, Where VIRGIL, not where Fancy, leads the way ? Yes, thus the Muses sing of happy Swains, Because the Muses never knew their pains : They boast their... | |
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On Mincio's banks, in Caesar's bounteous reign, If Tityrus found the Golden Age again, Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song? From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil, not where Fancy, leads... 
