 | English poetry - 1797 - 454 pages
...little breath should raise, Would that havespoil'd the poet's song, Or pufTd away the monarch's praise f Pindar, that eagle, mounts the skies, While Virtue leads the noble way; Too like a vulture Boileau flies, Where sordid int'rest shews the prey. When once the poet's honour ceases, From reason... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - History - 1811 - 394 pages
...mentisque benign*INi benefacta sui relebivsset carmen Horati, 'Et Maro munificum cecinisset gratus &c. &c, Might not one here be tempted to exclaim in...reciprocity in the proposal, and that, whatever the carmen Jtforat' -vel Maronis might have been worth, that of Mr. Beveridge did not amount to a very valuable... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 448 pages
...breath should raise, "Would that have spoil'd the poet's song, Or puft''d away the monarch's praise ? Pindar, that eagle, mounts the skies, While Virtue leads the noble way; Too like a vulture Boileau flies, Where sordid interest shews the prey. When once the poet's honour ceases, From reason... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 466 pages
...should raise, Would that have spoil'd the poet's song, Or puff'd away the monarch's praise ? J'indar, that eagle, mounts the skies, While Virtue leads the noble way; Too like a vulture Boileau flies, Where sordid interest shews the prey. When once the poet's honour ceases, From reason... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...breath should raise, Would that have spoil'd the poet's song, Or pufFd away the monarch's praise ? Pindar, that eagle, mounts the skies, While Virtue leads the noble way ; Too like a vulture Boileau flies, Where sordid interest shows the prey. When once the poet's honour ceases, From reason... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 804 pages
...show His rage of love ; it preys upon his life ; He pines, he sickens, he despairs, he dies. Additm. Lb9 < .Ѓ d T %YW' #AN"( ! 6 I ŷ ݇ 6 MY " -n _X I B Boileau flies, Where sordid interest shews the prey. Prior. Their impious folly dared to prty On herds... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - United States - 1846 - 534 pages
...Mtccenas animi mentisque benignee Ni benefacta sui cclebrasset carmen Horati, Et Maro munificum cecinissct gratus amicum ? &.C. &,c. Might not one here be tempted...leads the noble way : Too like a vulture Bev'ridge flics Where sordid iut'rest lures the prey. I never heard, however, that the poet was the better for... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - 1846 - 532 pages
...benignaj Ni benefacta sui celebrasset carmen Horati, Et Maro munificum cecinisset gratus amicum 1 \-c. &.C. Might not one here be tempted to exclaim in the...virtue leads the noble way : « Too like a vulture Bec'ridge flies Where sordid int'rest lures the prey. I never heard, however, that the poet was the... | |
 | Matthew Prior - English poetry - 1860 - 338 pages
...breath should raise, Would that have spoil'd the Poet's song, Or puff'd away the monarch's praise ? Pindar, that eagle, mounts the skies : While Virtue leads the noble way : Too like a vulture Boileau flies, Where sordid Int'rest shows the prey. When once the Poet's honour ceases, From reason... | |
 | sir Edmund William Gosse - 1881 - 308 pages
...breath should raise, Would that have spoil'd the poet's song, Or puff'd away the monarch's praise. Pindar, that eagle, mounts the skies ; While virtue leads the noble way : Too like a vulture Boileau flies, Where sordid interest shows the prey. G Mais, à ma fidèle lyre, Si dans [ardeur qui... | |
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... matter, That oaks must come from Thrace to dance? Must stupid stocks be taught to flatter'? And is there no such wood in France ? Why must the winds all hold their tongue? If they a little breath should raise, Would that have spoil'd the poet's song,... 
