| J. C. D. Clark - 1994 - 292 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can telL He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he who thus praises will confer no honour.65 Edmund Waller fell into a similar error: He... | |
| Clay Daniel - 1994 - 194 pages
...impression created by Milton's modification is apparent in Dr. Johnson's summary of "how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell."16 As Johnson perceived, in Lycidas none of the classical gods mourns as they do in classical... | |
| John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, $ without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who "*' " 293 thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he who thus praises will confer no honour. This poem... | |
| William Bowman Piper - 1997 - 212 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell." Notice how, even in formulating these general opinions, Johnson shares with society the details on... | |
| Dennis Danielson - 1999 - 320 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; and he who thus praises will confer no honour' (quoted in Patrides, 60-1). What Johnson is... | |
| Edward Tomarken - 2002 - 292 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he who thus praises will confer no honor. (1:2739) By 1779, when Johnson published this assessment... | |
| Henry Arthur Treble - 1930 - 270 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he who thus praises will confer no honour. This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these... | |
| René Wellek - 1978 - 768 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he who thus praises will confer no honor.« 20. ebenda, } (Lyttelton), 456: »It is sufficient... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 474 pages
...without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lyeidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ;v, he who thus praises will confer no honour. . %! ni..Vi ioY^»n This poem has, yet a grosser... | |
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