 | 1796 - 500 pages
...seem'd to heed ' The life to come, in ev'ry poet'screed. Who now reads7 Cowley ? if he pleases yet, 75 His moral pleases, not his pointed wit ; Forgot his Epic, nay Pindaric art; But still 8 I love the language of his heart. " Yet surely, 9 surely, these were famous men ! " What boy but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...seem'd to heed The life to come in ev'ry poet's creed. Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet 75 His moral pleases, not his pointed wit: Forgot his Epic, nay, Pindaric art ; But still I love the langUHge of his heart ; " Yet surely, surely these were famous men ! " What boy but hears the sayings... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...writers of his time. of Horace, has exhibited the real character of Cowley, with delicacy and candour : Who now reads Cowley ? If he pleases yet, His moral...Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart. His prose works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart. His Pindaric odes... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 472 pages
...de son siècle. Sa carrière politique l'honore davantage, et l'on peut dire avec Pope : now rends Cowley ? If he p'leases yet » His moral pleases, not his pointed wit: Forgot his epie , nay pindaric art ; But still I love the language of his heart. * I'OPE , cpittle i of Horace,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...seem'd to heed The life to come, in ev'ry poet's creed. Who now reads xCo\v'ley ? if he pleases yet, 7J His moral pleases, not his pointed wit ; Forgot his...heart. ' Yet surely, surely, these were famous men ! * \Vhat boy but hears the sayings of old Ben? ' 80 ' In all debates where critics bear a part, '... | |
 | Montagu Pennington - 1807 - 668 pages
...appearances, however, proved to be fallacious, and the Spa waters had no permanent good effect. * " Who now reads Cowley ? If he pleases yet, His moral...his pointed wit. Forgot his epic, nay Pindaric, art ; Yet still we love the language «f his heart." He died, not indeed suddenly, but unexpectedly, in... | |
 | Elizabeth Carter, Montagu Pennington - 1807 - 664 pages
...appearances, however, proved to be fallacious, and the Spa waters had no permanent good effect. * " Who now reads Cowley ? If he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Forgot bis epic, nay Pindaric, art ; • Yet still we love the language of his heart." He He died, not indeed... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...what you will,) For gain, not glory, wing'd his roving flight, And grew immortal in his own despight. Ben, old and poor, as little seem'd to heed The life...wit : Forgot his Epic, nay Pindaric art, But still [ love the langoage of his heart. ' Yet surely, surely these were famous men ! What boy but hears the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...wing'd his roving flight, And grew immortal in his own despite. Ben, old and poor, as little srem'd to heed The life to come in every poet's creed. Who...his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic, nay Pindaric art, Bat still 1 love the language of his heart* ' Vet surely, surely, these were famous man! V/ hat bay... | |
 | Montagu Pennington - 1808 - 522 pages
...only surviving brother. Many persons who had expected legacies were * " Who now reads Cowley ? If lie pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Forgot his epic, nay Pindaric, art; , Yet still \vc love the language of bis. heart." much disappointed ; and all Mrs. Carter's friends... | |
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Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit; Forgot his Epic, nay Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart. 
