 | 1814 - 640 sider
...haughty Marmion; Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, and almost a knight; The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A mighty mixture of the good and base. Say will not Caledonia's annals yield The glorious records of some well-fought field,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 108 sider
...Marmion, 160 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...To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No! when the sons of song descend <o trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 170 Let such... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 74 sider
...The gibbet or the field prepar'd to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'stthou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste...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 laurels fade. 60 Let such... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 110 sider
...Marmion, 100 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...perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, ThoughMuRRAY withhis MILLER maycombine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No! when the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1810 - 102 sider
...fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or thje. field prepared to grape,; .!j .. , A mighty mixture of the great and base, And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance, . .,.;.,-. .; , i-.. ( ,, ,-' ..I ,i, i On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though MURRAY with... | |
 | 1813 - 580 sider
...Mannion, 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." A great many other passages might be cited from the " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," but we forbear... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 sider
...boots , are chef-d'ceuvres in the improvement of taste. For incident we have the invisible , but by no means sparing , box on the ear bestowed on the...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 laurels fade. in Let... | |
 | 1820 - 562 sider
...mournful to the blast.' And the following are from twenty lines which he bestows on " Marmion :" ' And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance,...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 sider
...Marmion, 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. congruous and absurd as the ground-work of this production. The entrance of Thundering and Lightning... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 156 sider
...foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon , yet but half a Knight , The gibbet or the field prepar'd to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base....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... | |
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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... 
