The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies... Brookiana - Página 511804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Dryden - 1867 - 556 páginas
...*** And all true lovers find the same success. Ver. 2430. So may the Quern] ', Such WAS old Chaucer, Spaniard promiscuously, with the French alternately; as those w langnage of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard... | |
| Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 páginas
...more if wo nowte. ***** ***** So, Akenside, in his " Inscription for a Statue of Chaucer," speaks : Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. And Addison, in " An Account of the Greatest English Poets," says of Chaucer, in exact accordance with... | |
| Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 páginas
...more if we nowte. ***** ***** Si, Akenside, in his " Inscription for a Statue of Chaucer," speaks : Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. And Addison, in " An Account of the Greatest English Poets," Bays of Chaucer, in exact accordance with... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 392 páginas
...proposed to erect his statue, and Akenside prematurely furnished the following inscription : — " Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have olten heard him, while his legends blithe He sang ; of love, or knighlhood, or the wiles Of homely... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 760 páginas
...Wise Pallas and th' immortal Muses own. IL FOB A STATUE OF CHAUCER AT WOODSTOCK. SUCH was old Chaucer; such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony...heard him, while his legends blithe He sang ; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life ; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies... | |
| Julius Rodenberg - 1875 - 476 páginas
...imaginary statue of the poet at Woodstock, which contains the lines — " Such was old Chaucer Hero he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe Ho sang, of love, or knighthood, or (he wiles Of homely life : through each estate and ago, The fashions... | |
| Julius Rodenberg - 1875 - 464 páginas
...for an imaginary statue of the poet at Woodstock, which contains the lines — " Such was old Chaucer Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blitho He sang, of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age,... | |
| 1876 - 326 páginas
...CHAUCER AT WOODSTOCK. SUCH was old Chaucer. Such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony informed The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many...heard him while his legends blithe He sang of love or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life, through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies... | |
| 1876 - 552 páginas
...flush of youth Their glory shall inherit and prolong? Anonymous. FOR A STATUE OF CHAUCER AT WOODSTOCK. For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have...heard him while his legends blithe He sang of love or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life, through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies... | |
| Mark Akenside - 1878 - 792 páginas
...Pallas and the immortal Muses own. II. FOB A STATUE OF CHAUCER AT WOODSTOCK. SUCH was old Chaucer ; such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony...heard him, while his legends blithe He sang ; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life r through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies... | |
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