 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, Scott! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste to foist...  English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: A Satire - Página 6de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 54 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1846 - 790 páginas
...stndy of Fitzball has not been too exclusive, you may perhaps recollect the lines of Byron : — " No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade, Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame ; Low may they... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 páginas
...gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou , SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste..., Their bays are sear , their former laurels fade. in Let such forego the poet's sacred name , "Who rack their brains for lucre , not for fame : Low may... | |
 | 1820 - 562 páginas
...blast.' And the following are from twenty lines which he bestows on " Marmion :" ' And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste...Though MURRAY with his MILLER may combine To yield thy mnse just half-a-crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 páginas
...genius, which is undoubtedly great, by a repetition of black letter ballad imitations. And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste...thy stale romance, Though MURRAY with his MILLER may cornbine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 páginas
...grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, Ou public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though MURRAY...with his MILLER may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crowi: per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sesr, their former... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 156 páginas
...gibbet or the field prepar'd to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste...to foist thy stale romance , Though MURRAY with his MIIAER may combine To yield thy muse j ust half-a-crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 106 páginas
...grace: A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT I by vain conceit percViance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though...trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 170 Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame : Low may... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 páginas
...gibbet or the field prepared to grace — A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste...To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No I when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 170 Let such... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 páginas
...gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance., On public taste...with his MILLER may combine To yield thy muse just haif-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former... | |
 | 1820 - 558 páginas
...blast.' And the following are from twenty lines which he bestows on " Marmion :" ' And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance. On public taste to foist thy stale romance,8 Though MURRAY with his MILLER may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-Hirown per line ?... | |
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