 I'll try to make their several beauties known, And show their verses worth tho' not my own. .Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine, Till Chaucer first, a merry bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme...  The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison - Page 37by Joseph Addison - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1908 - 582 pages
...Rhimesj Til try to ina/ii1 they're sevnd Beauties known And shmn their Versen irorlli, t/tu' not my Oirn. Long had our dull Fore-Fathers slept Supine, Nor felt the Raptures of the Tuneful June; Till Chaucer fiist, a merry Bard, arose ; And many a Story told in Rliime and Prose. But Age... | |
 | Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1925 - 704 pages
...Tuneful Nine; Till Chaucer first, a merry Bard, arose ; And many a Story told in Rhime and Prose. I T3ut Age has Rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his Language and obscur'd his Wit: I In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain iy And tries to make his Readers laugh in vain.1 Other... | |
 | Ernest Edward Kellett - Literary Criticism - 1928 - 296 pages
...seems to have known as little of Chaucer as of what went before him; but he speaks to the same effect: Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. To Mason also — who attempted to imitate Chaucer — "Tityrus" was first. The fancy persisted long.... | |
 | Francis Meehan - English literature - 1928 - 764 pages
...sang Sir John Denham, the Irish Englishman. And in similar vein young Joseph Addison pays tribute : Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...bard, arose. And many a story told in rhyme and prose. And Southey summarizes the general opinion of Chaucer when he says, " The line of English poets begins... | |
 | John T. Lynch - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 244 pages
...Spenser, who may perhaps be reckon'd as Exceptions to this Remark."6o Addison will not admit even Chaucer: Chaucer first, a merry Bard, arose, And many a story told in rhime, and prose. But age has rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscur'd his wit:... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1874 - 564 pages
...ccount of the Oreateit Englitk Poeii, addressed " To Mr. Henry Sacheverell," and are as follows : — " Chaucer first, a merry bard arose, And many a story...writ, Worn out his language and obscur'd his wit : In vaii i he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers laugh, in vain." COLCMB. —... | |
 | Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1960 - 692 pages
...unusual force by Addison. These are his lines, in his Account of the Greatest English Poets (1694) :— Long had our dull Fore-Fathers slept Supine, Nor felt...first, a merry Bard, arose ; And many a Story told in Rhime and Prose. But Age has Rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his Language and obscur'd his Wit:... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 pages
...ACCOUNT OF .THE GREATEST ENGLISH POETS. BYADDISO N. JLjOKG had our dull fore-fathers slept supine-,Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine ; 'Till Chaucer..., a merry Bard , arose , And many a story told in rhime , and prose. But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language , and obscur'd his... | |
 | Ernest Edward Kellett - 1928 - 296 pages
...seems to have known as little of Chaucer as of what went before him; but he speaks to the same effect: Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine, Till Chaucer fast, a merry bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. To Mason also — who attempted... | |
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