 | John Bell - 1782 - 552 pages
...AUCER, him who firft with harmony Inform'd The lanauage of our falliers — His Legends blithe lie fang of love or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life, thro' each eflate and ape The falhiong anil the follies of the world •With cunning hand portraying — .Him... | |
 | 1804 - 512 pages
...Chaucefj such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls...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 - 1807 - 254 pages
...Such the placid mien ^ Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day ; these ancient walls...of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world "With cunning hand portraying.... | |
 | Mark Akenside, Thomas Park - 1808 - 358 pages
...— such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls...of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 pages
...LINE MANNER, BY LOUIS SCHIAVONETTI, ESQ. VA His legends blithe He sang of love or knighthood, or t lie wiles Of homely life; thro' each estate and age The fashions and the follies of the world i > With cunning hand portraying. AKENSIDE. 1 HE reputation of Chaucer, the reformer of the English... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 pages
...Chaucer. Such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls...of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand pourtraying.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...Chaucer. Such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony infurm'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls...often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang, of lote, or knighthood, or the wilc-i Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashioos and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...harmony inform'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient wall» Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He...of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...Chaucer. Such the placid mien Of him who first with harmony inforra'd The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day ; these ancient walls...often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang т of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashions... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...harmony informed The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walle owd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life T ; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of tiic wor'd With cunning; hand portraying.... | |
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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... 
