 ... There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er...  The Quarterly Review - Page 384edited by - 1886Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 850 pages
...shoulders. The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that...as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Six-and-twenty years later, in the fine lines addressed to George William Curtis, he... | |
 | 1866 - 924 pages
...reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching. His lyre has some chords that wonld ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of tho shell, And rattle away till he's old as Mcthnsalem, At the head of'a march to tho last new Jerusalem."... | |
 | 1854 - 604 pages
...shoulders ; The lop of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that...as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem. That "distinction 'twixt singing and preaching" is, indeed, very commonly overlooked... | |
 | 1854 - 524 pages
...shoulders ; The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that...as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem." That " distinction 'twirt singing and preaching" is, indeed, verу commonly overlooked... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 336 pages
...shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching; His lyre has some chords that...shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the true " There goes Halleek. whose Fanny's a... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 328 pages
...shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that...would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drunl of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, " There goes Halleek, whose Fanny's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 330 pages
...some chords that would ring pretty well, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singiirg and preaching; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, 14 There goes Halleck, whose Fanny's a pseudo Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 102 pages
...will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyro has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd...as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. " There goeS Halleck, whose Fanny's a pseudo Don Juan. With the wickedness out that... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 330 pages
...The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singjf g and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would...as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. •' There goes Halleck, whose Fanny's a pseudo Don Juan, With the wickedness out that... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 322 pages
...some chords that would ring pretty well, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell,...as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the true k< There goes Halleck,... | |
| |
