 And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again,* But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play ; The world...  The Works of Ben Jonson: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a ... - עמוד 377מאת Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Henry Neele - 1839 - 264 דפים
...production of an Epic Poem, but that the taste of the age afforded him no encouragement for such a task. " Dryden in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round...King and Court, Bade him toil on to make them sport : Demanding for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious Satire, Song, and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 92 דפים
...worship; for t he words went un to his heart, till that he knew wherefore that hee was so ealled." And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a rihald king and eourt Bade him toil on to mahe them sport ; Demanded fur their niyyard pay, fit for... | |
 | 1840 - 534 דפים
...dream, And mix in Milton's heavenly theme ; And Dryden in immortal strain Had raised the Table Hound again, But that a ribald king and court Bade him toil on to make (hem sport." • Happily for us and for the world, the parallel fails in the horror of its catastrophe.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 דפים
...mix in Milton's heavenly theme ; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again,5 But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Of ' dust to dust ;' but half its talc untold ; Time tempers not its terrors." BVBON'S Agt f)/Brtmzf.... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 דפים
...great poem. Did either of them ever write one? No — never. Sir Walter says finely of glorious John, " And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table...Round again, But that a ribald king and court Bade him play on to make them sport, The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 דפים
...great poem. Did either of them ever write one? No—never. Sir Walter says finely of glorious John, "And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table...Round again, But that a ribald king and court Bade him play on to make them sport, The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 406 דפים
...Poem. Did either of them ever write one ? No — never. Sir Walter says finely of glorious John, " And Dryden in immortal strain, Had raised the Table...Round again, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him play on to make them sport, The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength,... | |
 | 1844 - 628 דפים
...and finely has Scott said of this great poet, (for great, with all his faults, he undoubtedly was,) " And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table...Round again, But that a ribald king and court Bade him play on to make them sport ; The world, defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength... | |
 | English poets - 1847 - 144 דפים
...been more worthy of his genius and his name than many of those he has left behind him ; but alas! " A ribald king and court Bade him toil on to make them sport; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song and play... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 דפים
...chalked out a way for others to amend my errors in a like design; but being encouraged only with fair But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play;... | |
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