...handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill- fated, Impious race. That blasphemed tbe bright lyrist to bit pleasur M irk 41 with most flimsy inultos, and in large The name of one Boileau ° " A little before the manner...

...handicrafts men wore thé mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed thé bright Jyrist to his face, And did not know it; no, they went about Holding a poor décrépit standard out Mark'd with raost flimsy mottos , and in largo The narae of one Boileau ! (2)...

...wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolj Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was tke task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed...

...K- 1 ¿ ' To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a echoolj Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and fit, Till,...they went about Holding a poor decrepit standard out • * Written by Lord Byron's early friend, the Rev. Francis Hodgson. t The étrange verses that follow...

...rule ' And compass vile ; so that ye taught a schoolt ' Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, andyW, ' Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, ' Their verses tallied. Easy wns the task : ' A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask ' Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, ' That...

...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school * Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and Jit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was tlie task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poesy. Ill-fated, impious race, That blasphemed...

...wretched rule And compass vile : во that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit,...Ill-fated, impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyiist to his face, And did not know it, — no, they went about, Holding a poor, decrepit standard...

...with wretched rule And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolte to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit,...Their verses tallied. Easy was the task : A thousand handicmftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy. Ill-fated, impious mce ! That blasphemed the bright Lytist to...

...Frenchified English school, " a school of dolts." -" Ye taught a school Of dolts, lhat smooth, inlay and clip and fit Till like the certain wands of Jacob's wit Their verses tallied. Easy was the task." Perhaps Keats would not have found the composition of another " Rape of the Lock," quite so easy a...

...Frenchified English school, " a school of dolts." " Ye taught a school Of dolts, thai smooth, inlay and clip and fit Till like the certain wands of Jacob's wit Their verses tallied. Easy was the tusk." is even in the " Essay on Man" and the " Prologue to Cato," something more than " A puling infant's...