 | Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham - 1857 - 380 Seiten
...slower Nature got the start; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share; H To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own ; so He melted not the ancient gold, Nor, with Ben Jonson, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 638 Seiten
...reading extensive, his acquaintance with mankind large. " To him," says Denham in his famous elegy, " To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all hit own." His biographer adds, " There was nothing affected or singular in his habit, or person, or... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 Seiten
...slower nature got the start ; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share : To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate ! And when he would like them appear,... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 Seiten
...withered laurels threw ! Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce did ripeness give. ' To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own : He melted not the ancient gold Nor with Ben Jouson did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets, and of orators. Horace's wit, and Virgil's... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 Seiten
...honour to the poet who wrote it, or to the nobleman for whom the compliment is designed." ON COWLEY. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own : Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He (lid not steal, hut emulate ! And when he would like them appear,... | |
 | 1867 - 972 Seiten
...country." "It contains specimens of every variety of drollery and satire." — William Hazlitt. 3. " To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit, and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate." — Sir John Denham. " Who now rends... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 Seiten
...slower Nature got the start ; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own, He melted not the ancient gold, i Nor with Ben Jonson did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's... | |
 | 1870 - 462 Seiten
...slower Nature got the start; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own, He melted not the ancient gold, Nor with Ben Jonson did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...slower nature got the start ; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happiest share. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own ; He melted not the ancient gold, Nor with Ben Jonson did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators : Horace his wit and Virgil's... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 404 Seiten
...slower nature got the start; But both in him so equal are, None knows which bears the happier share: To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own ; He melted not the ancient gold, Nor, with Ben Jonson, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators: Horace's wit and Virgil's... | |
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Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear... 
