 Pedants shall not tie my strains To our antique Poets' veins ; As if we, in latter days, Knew to love, but not to praise. Being born as free as these, I will Sing, as I shall please ! Who, as well new paths may run, As the best before have done.  Restituta; Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English ... - Sida 289efter Sir Egerton Brydges - 1814Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1811 - 702 sidor
...Change a syllabic or measure; Pedants shall not tie my strains To our antique poets' veins; Being1 born as free as these I will sing as I shall please." Southey often possesses the infirmity of some other hards, and that is, to dwell upon some favourite... | |
 | 1811 - 596 sidor
...pleasure Change a syllable or measure ; •> Pedants shall not tie my strains To our antique poets veins ; Being born as free as these, I- will sing as I shall please. No doubt, Mr. Southey, or any man, may sing as he pleases, provided he does not break the king's peace.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1811 - 282 sidor
...PLEASURE CHANGE A SYLLABLE OR MEASURE; PEDANTS SHALL NOT TIE MY STRAINS TO OUR ANTIQUE POETS' VEINS; BEING BORN AS FREE AS THESE, I WILL SING AS I SHALL PLEASE. GEORGE WITHER. BEAM A, ... .the Creator. VEESHNOO, the Preserver. SEEVA the Destroyer. These form the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 568 sidor
...pleasure Change a syllable or measure. Pedants shall not tie my strain* To our antique poets veins ; Being born as free as these, I will sing as I shall please.' This bold avowal is followed by a narrative poem, in twentyfour sections, of a nature powerfully interesting,... | |
 | 1814 - 774 sidor
...spirit of George Wither' a lines : 1 Critics shall not tie my strains ' To our antique poets' veins, ' Being born as free as these, ' I will sing as I shall please.' And the other will still continue to prefer what is new, and to admire, with indiscrimiuating partiality,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 sidor
...PLEASURE CHANGE A SYLLABLE OR MEASURE ; PEDANTS SHALL NOT TIE MY STRAINS TO OUR ANTIQUE POETS* VEINS; BEING BORN AS FREE AS THESE, I WILL SING AS I SHALL PLEASE. GEORGE WITHER. PREFACE. IN the religion of the Hindoos, which of all false religions is the most monstrous... | |
 | 1824 - 80 sidor
...pleasure, Change a syllable or measure ; Pedants shall not tie my strains To our Antique Poets veins ; Being born as free as these, I will sing as I shall please. George Wither, See the motto prefixed to the Curse of Kehama. " Behold his lowly home," By yonder high... | |
 | 1850 - 464 sidor
...pleasure Change a syllable or measure ; Pedants shall not tie my strains To our antique poets' veins — Being born as free as these, I will sing as I shall please." But we should wrong Kehama if, while rensuring its imperfections, we failed to notire its many exquisite... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 sidor
...pleasure, Change a syllable or measure. Pedants shall not tie my strains To our antique poets' veins; Being born as free as these, I will sing as I shall please." This bold avowal is followed by a narrative poem, in twenty-four sections, of a nature powerfully interring,... | |
 | English poets - 1847 - 144 sidor
...pleasure Change a syllable or measure, Pedants shall not tie my strains To our antique poets' veins; Being born as free as these, I will sing as I shall please." Our present Poet Laureate,* Mr. Southey, was amongst the most zealous enthusiasts in the expected renovation... | |
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