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" But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse and noise, and toil, he ever fled ; Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps ; but to the forest sped... "
The Monthly Register, Magazine, and Review, of the United States - Page 17
1807
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The Minstrel

James Beattie - 1858 - 132 pages
...yet blessed the lad : Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. 13 THE MIXSTRKL. Xor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps ; but to the forest sped. Or roamed at large the lonely mountain's head : Or, where the maze of some bewildered stream To deep untrodden...
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The Son of a Genius

Mrs. Hofland (Barbara) - 1860 - 232 pages
...pang she felt should be aggravated by seeing him dragged to a long-threatened prison. CHAPTER III. But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse, and noise, and toil, he ever fled, Nor car'd to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps — Seattie. LUDOVICO was at this period nearly...
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The Poetical Works of James Beattie, Volume 2

James Beattie - 1866 - 338 pages
...stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad : Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse,...fray Of squabbling imps ; but to the forest sped, Or roamed at large the lonely mountain's head, Or, where the maze of some bewildered stream iso To deep...
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Golden Leaves from the British Poets

John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad ; Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse,...fray Of squabbling imps ; but to the forest sped, Or roamed at large the lonely mountain's head, Or where the maze of some bewildered stream To deep untrodden...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins: Complete in ...

1867 - 556 pages
...him wondrous wise, and поте believed him iimd XVII. But why should I his childish feats ilisp.ay? Concourse, and noise, and toil, he ever fled; Nor...fray Of squabbling imps, but to the forest sped, Or roamed at large the lonely mountain's heal Or, where the maze of some bewildered stream To deep untrodden...
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The Literary Character; Or, The History of Men of Genius: Drawn from Their ...

Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 494 pages
..."It's your only fine humour, sir; your true melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit, sir." — ED. Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled, Nor cared...fray Of squabbling imps ; but to the forest sped. BOSSUET would not join his young companions, and flew to his solitary task, while the classical boys...
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English Literature of Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...stared, and sigh'd, yet bless' d the lad : Some deem'd him wondrous wise, and gome believed him mad. But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse,...Or roam'd at large the lonely mountain's head ; Or, when the maze of some bewilder'd stream To deep untrodden groves his footsteps led, There would he...
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The Life of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, Volumes 1-2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1869 - 644 pages
...genius. In support of this notion he quotes Boattie, who thus describes his ideal minstrel : — * Concourse, and noise, and toil, he ever fled, Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabliug imps, but to the forest sped." His highest authority, however, is Milton, who says of himself,...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...sighed, yet blessed the lad : Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. But why should T on as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and...an emerald stone, A golden clasp, clasping a shred roamed at large the lonely mountain's head, Or, where the таге of some bewildered stream To deep...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

1872 - 900 pages
...him mad. But why should I his childish feats display t Concourse and noise and toil lie ever (led ; ed I A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee : tameless and swift roamed at large the lonely mountain's head, Or, where the maze of some bewildered stream To deep untrodden...
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