| 1891 - 850 páginas
...In the " Fable for Critics," written when he was nine-and-tweoty he says : — There's Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb, With a whole bale of...rhyme ; He might get on alone, spite of brambles and ooulders, But be can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders. The top of the hill he will ne'er... | |
| 1866 - 924 páginas
...charming and witty poem, " A Fable for Critics," he makes Apollo say : — " There's Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb, With a whole bale of...rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulderd, But he can't with that bundle he ha? on his shoulders. The top of the hill he will ne'er... | |
| 1854 - 524 páginas
...— " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of úms tied together in rhyme ; He might get on alone, spite of brambles and...lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1854 - 520 páginas
...whole bale of ism* tied together in rhyme ; He might get on alone, spite of brambles and bonlders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders...lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the... | |
| 1854 - 604 páginas
...who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of ismi tied together in rhyme ; He might get oii alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders ; The lop of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1856 - 112 páginas
...that nobody knows What to do but e'en join in the laugh, friends and foes. " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms...come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'tvvixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather... | |
| Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 páginas
...author seems to be fully conscious of his errors, for he says of himself — ' There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme : ss * The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 328 páginas
...you doubt if the toes That are trodden upon are your own or your foes'. • " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms...lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drunl of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, " There... | |
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