| Christopher Smart - 1751 - 448 страници
...PITT. VI 'IS faid, dear fir, no poets pleafe the town, J. Who drink mere water, tho' from Helicon : For in cold blood they feldom boldly think; Their...than their drink. Not great APOLLO could the train i^fpire, 'Till generous BACCHUS help'd to fan the fire. Warm'd by two Gods at once, they drink and... | |
| 1759 - 606 страници
...drink mere water, though from Helicon '. For in cold blood they feldom boldly think ; Their rhimes are more infipid than their drink. Not great Apollo...once, they drink and write, Rhyme all the day, and tipple all the night. Homer, fays Horace, nods in many a place* Put hints he nodded oftner o'er the... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1759 - 608 страници
...Who drink mere water, though from Helicon : For in cold Wood they feldom boldly think; Their rhimes are more infipid than their drink. Not great Apollo could the train inlpire, Till generous Bacchus help'd to fan the fire. Warm'd by two Gods at once, they drink and writet... | |
| Several Hands - 1759 - 602 страници
...Who drink mere water, though from Helicon 1 For in cold blood they feldom boldly think; Their rhimes are more infipid than their drink. Not great Apollo could the train in/pire, Till generous Bacchus help'd to fan the fire. Warm'd by two Gods at once, they drink and writer... | |
| Francis Fawkes - 1763 - 276 страници
...H. 5>"» *JS faid, dear fir, no poets pleafe the town, JL Who drink mere water, tho' from Helicon: For in cold blood they feldom boldly think ; Their...once, they drink and write, Rhyme all the day, and tipple all the night. Homer, fays Horace, nods in many a place, But hints he nodded oftner o'er the... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1764 - 216 страници
...>'"T"XI S faid, dear Sir, no Poets pleafe the Town, •*• Who drink mere Water, though from Helicon : For in cold Blood they feldom boldly think ; Their...to fan the Fire. Warm'd by two Gods at once, they drjnk and writr, Rhyme all the Day, and fuddle all the Night. Homer, fays Horace, nods in many a Place,... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1764 - 222 страници
...5-'~I""NIS faid, dear Sir, no Poets pleafe the Town, •*• Who drink mere Water, though from Helicon:. For in cold Blood they feldom boldly think ; Their...Apollo could the Train infpire, 'Till generous -Bacchus hdp'd to fan the Fire. Warm'd by two Gods at once, they drink and writ?, Rhyme all the Day, and fuddle... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1764 - 228 страници
...>'"T"XI S faid, dear Sir, no Poets pleafe the Town, •~- Who drink mere Water, though from Helicon: For in cold Blood they feldom boldly think ; Their...great Apollo could the Train infpire, 'Till generous Strcct-u; help'd to fan the Fire. Warm'd Warm'd by two Gods at once, they drink and write, Rhyme all... | |
| Oxford sausage - 1766 - 196 страници
...cold blood they feldom boldly think ; Their Rhyme* arc more infipid than their drink. Not great Aptlh could the train infpire, Till generous Bacchus help'd to fan the Fire. •^Warm'dby two Gods at once, they drink and write,, ithyme aR *be Day, and fuddle all the night.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 страници
...boldly think ; Their rhymes are more insipid than their drink. Not great Apollo could the train inspire, Till generous Bacchus help'd to fan the fire. Warm'd...Rhyme all the day, and fuddle all" the night. Homer, says Horace, nods in many a place, But hints, he nodded oftncr o'er the glass. Inspir'd with wine old... | |
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