 Nor good, nor bad, nor fools, nor wise ; They would not learn, nor could advise : Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led — a kind of — as it were : Nor wish'd, nor car'd, nor laugh'd, nor cried- : And so they liv'd, and so they died.  The Works of the English Poets: Prior - Page 278by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Herbert Grabes - 2005 - 408 pages
...manner: [. . . ] 'Nor good, nor bad, nor fools, nor wise; / They would not learn, nor could advise: / Without love, hatred, joy, or fear / They led - a kind of - as it were: / Nor wish'd, nor care'd, nor laugh'd nor cried: /And so they lived, and so they died'" (106). With Alexander... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1921 - 496 pages
...characterlessness of whose careers has been so well described by the pleasantest of our Augustan poets : Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led a kind of — as it were ; Nor wish'd nor cared, nor laughed nor cried, And so they lived and so they died. What I said just now as... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1709 - 404 pages
...Depos'd, or Crown'd. Nor Good, nor Bad, nor Fools, nor Wise ; They wou'd not learn, nor cou'd advise : Without Love, Hatred, Joy, or Fear, They led a kind of as it were : Nor Wish'd, nor Car'd, nor Laugh'd, nor Cry'd : And so They liv'd ; and so They dy'd. Horace Lib. I. Epist.... | |
 | A. W. Ward - 1967 - 436 pages
...Joan' — which, indeed, reaches a higher plane in its scorn of the mental or moral apathy it depicts : Without Love, Hatred, Joy, or Fear, They led— a kind of— as it were; Nor wish'd, nor lov*d, nor Cough'd, nor Coy'd; But so They HVd; and so They dy'd. Among Prior's vers de... | |
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