 And think'st thou, Scott! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though Murray with his Miller may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their...  Anecdotes of lord Byron [by A. Kilgour]. - Pàgina 59per Alexander Kilgour (M.D.) - 1825Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pàgines
...undoubteiay (not, by a repnluon of black-kllor ballad ImiuUona. And think'et thou, Scott ! by rain conceit perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale...combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line í No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their hays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pàgines
...genius, which Is undoubtedly peu, Ьт • repetition of blaek-lelter ballad Irokatiooi. And thinVftt gh varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of ocean...is deepest in dye ; Where the virgins are soft as hie Miller may combine To yield thy muso just half-a-crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend... | |
 | 1878 - 876 pàgines
...20,0001. for his poetry, although the "noble bard" had, in a passing fit of spite, written of Scott: " Though Murray with his Miller may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line." Two of Sir Walter's daughters, and his grandson, " Hugh Littlejohn," are buried not far off. * Eugene... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 418 pàgines
...grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thon, Scott ! by vain conceit perchancp, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though...half-a-crown per line? No ! when the sons of song deseond to trade, Their hays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pàgines
...grace— A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchancej On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though...laurels fade, Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: LoW may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 pàgines
...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,...with his Miller may combine To yield thy muse just half a crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 pàgines
...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,...with his Miller may combine To yield thy muse just half a crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pàgines
...half a kuight, 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,...laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame : Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain ! And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pàgines
...the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'st t hoi i, Scott ! 5 by vain conceit perchance, On public taste to foist...To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No 1 when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sere, their former laurels fade. Let such... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pàgines
...knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And thiuk'st thou, Scott ! by vain conceit perchance, On public...with his Miller may combine To yield thy muse just half a crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former... | |
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