 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1875 - 612 pages
...this, we must betake ourselves loyally, in the first instance, to Walton's lyrics, ' old fashioned poetry, but choicely good ; I think much better than...strong lines that are now in fashion in this critical age,'J as he says of Raleigh's verses. In the * ' Will Wimble, who makes a May-fly to a miracle, and... | |
 | 1876 - 1088 pages
...made by Kit Mar-lowe, now at least fifty years ago, and the milkmaid's mother sang the answer to it which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger...poetry, but choicely good ; I think much better than that now in fashion in this critical age." ' He wrote in the reign of Charles I., and already deplored... | |
 | 1876 - 1088 pages
...made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago, and the milkmaid's mother sang the answer to it which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger...poetry, but choicely good ; I think much better than that now in fashion in this critical age."* He wrote in the reign of Charles I., and already deplored... | |
 | 1876 - 862 pages
...murmurous song of the pines on many a Scotch and Devon hill-side. The poetry too is ' old fashioned, but choicely good, I think much better than the strong...lines that are now in fashion in this critical age :' a remark which ,the student of modem poetry will certainly echo, as lie peruses certain transcendental... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1877 - 382 pages
...volume of his, " Sylvia,'* are aware. His lyrics are best described in the words of old Izaak Walton : " They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good,...I think much better than the strong lines that are in fashion in this critical age."— S.] " But, ah ! there may be another mistake ! Do you fancy that... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1877 - 442 pages
...volume of his, " Sylvia," are aware. His lyrics are best described in the words of old Izaak Walton: "They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good, I think much better than the strong lines that arc in fashion in this critical age."— S.] " But, ah ! there may be another mistake ! Do you fancy... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1878 - 494 pages
...made by Kit Marlow,4 now at least fifty years ago; and the milkmaid's mother sang an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger...age. Look yonder ! on my word, yonder they both be a-milking again. I will give her the chub, and persuade them to sing those two songs to us. God speed... | |
 | Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - Ballads - 1878 - 764 pages
...Milk-maids mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger dayes. They were old-fashioned Poetry, but choicely good, I think much better than that now in fashion in this Critical age."— The Complete Angltr, 1663, pp. 63, 64. Then follow the... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1880 - 716 pages
...was a man of loose principles in religion and morals, and milk-maid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger...strong lines that are now in fashion in this critical agc.f Look yonder ! on my word, yonder they both be a milking again. I will give her the chub, and... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1883 - 386 pages
...these compositions is what it should be, it will recall the happy verdict of old Izaak Walton : — "They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good,...lines that are now in fashion in this critical age." RH STODDARD. THE CENTURY, NEW YORK, October 22, 1883. CONTENTS. i. TRADITIONAL BALLADS. PAGE Thomas... | |
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Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it; 'twas that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago : and the milkmaid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger days. They were old-fashioned... 
