 I will not wish unto you the ass's ears of Midas, nor to be driven by a poet's verses (as Bubonax was) to hang himself, nor to be rhymed to death, as is said to be done in Ireland; yet thus much curse I must send you, in the behalf of all poets, that...  The Retrospective Review - Page 551824Full view - About this book
 | Henry Morley - English literature - 1892 - 486 pages
...much curse I must send you in the behalf of all poets : that while you live, you live in love, and never get favour for lacking skill of a sonnet ; and...memory die from the earth for want of an epitaph." Perfect in temper, high in aim, Sidney's " Apologie for Poetry " was the first piece of formal criticism... | |
 | James Fitzmaurice-Kelly - Authors, Spanish - 1892 - 424 pages
...quaint curse on his foes is worth quoting: "that while you Hue, you Hue in loue, and neuer get fauour, for lacking skill of a Sonnet : and when you die,...memory die from the earth, for want of an Epitaph " (ibid. p. 72). description of Samcla to Melicertus is absolutely in the Italian manner. Shakspere... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 250 pages
...much curse I must send you in the behalfe of all Poets, that while you live, you live in love, and never get favour, for lacking skill of a Sonnet: and...memory die from the earth, for want of an Epitaph. CAMPION (1567-1620) These " Observations," TWO PaSSclffeS published in 1602, form _ -, . , perhaps... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - American essays - 1894 - 200 pages
...down the direful curse, " in the behalfe of all Poets," " that .while you live, you live in love, and never get favour for lacking skill of a Sonnet ; and...memory die from the earth for want of an Epitaph." The range of that curse is more limited than appears at first sight, for while it is true that many... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Conduct of life - 1894 - 358 pages
...must send you, in the behalf of all poets, that while you live, you live in love, and never get favor for lacking skill of a sonnet ; and when you die,...memory die from the earth, for want of an epitaph." Poetry has often been compared with painting and sculpture. Simonides long ago said that Poetry is... | |
 | George Pierce Baker - Debates and debating - 1895 - 436 pages
...send you on the behalf of all poets : — that while you live you live in love, and never get favor for lacking skill of a sonnet; and when you die, your...memory die from the earth for want of an epitaph." * 4. Clearness. — Above all, let a peroration be clear. Avoid any confusion in stating what has been... | |
 | George Pierce Baker - Debates and debating - 1895 - 436 pages
...send you on the behalf of all poets : — that while you live you live in love, and never get favor for lacking skill of a sonnet ; and when you die,...memory die from the earth for want of an epitaph." L 4. Clearness. — Above all, let a peroration be clear. Avoid any confusion in stating what has been... | |
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - Literary Criticism - 1896 - 366 pages
...much curse I must send you, in the behalf of all poets, that, while you live, you live in love, and never get favour, for lacking skill of a sonnet :...memory die from the earth, for want of an epitaph. (1631-1700.) II. PREFACE TO THE FABLES. The following Preface belongs to the last few months of Dryden's... | |
 | English poetry - 1897 - 292 pages
...much curse I must send you in the behalfe of all Poets, that while you live, you live in love, and never get favour, for lacking skill of a Sonnet :...memory die from the earth, for want of an Epitaph. 1 Ie, as the classical impersonification of the hypercritic. 2 Sidney here ingeniously alludes to the... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 286 pages
...much curse I must send you in the behalfe of all Poets, that while you live, you live in love, and never get favour, for lacking skill of a Sonnet :...memory die from the earth, for want of an Epitaph. 1 Ie, as the classical impersonification of the hypercritic. 2 Sidney here ingeniously alludes to the... | |
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