...way ? " " On Mincio's banks, in Caesar's bounteous reign, If Tityrus found the golden age again, M1nt sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic...stray, Where Virgil, not where fancy, leads the way?" Here we find Johnson's poetical and crit1cal powers undiminished. I must however observe, that the...

...golden age again, Must ttleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song t From truth and nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil, not where fancy lead's the way t " Here we 3nd Johnson's poetical and critical powers undimlnished. I must however...

...way?" " On Mincio'a banks, in Cesar's bounteous reign, If Tityrui found the golden age again, Mutt sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song t From truth and nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil, not where fancy. leads the way I'' Here...

...poet, he must accordingly be classed among the bards whom Crabbe has so happily described, as those who "The flattering dream prolong Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song, From truth and nature, still content to stray, Where Virgil, not where fancy leads the way." " Yet his taste is correct, his...

...poet, he must accordingly be classed among the bards whom Crabbe has so happily described, as those who "The flattering dream prolong Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song, From truth and nature, still content to stray, Where Virgil, not where fancy leads the way." day of popularity, while they...

...So nice his ear, DO delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art. Couper, Table-Talk, 1. 664. Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song? Crabbe, Works, I. 4. 2t. Belonging to or characteristic of the class of mechanics ; common; vulgar;...

...condemning false pictures of rural life drawn in imitation of Vergil : "On Mincio's banks, in Coesar's bounteous reign, If Tityrus found the Golden Age again,...dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song?" Honoured, ie by the poetry of Vergil. Cf. Arc. 29, 30 : " that renowned flood, so often sung, Divine...

...shall we widely stray, Where Fancy leads, or Virgil led the way?' ' On Mincio's banks, in Cfesar's bounteous reign. If Tityrus found the golden age again, Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolong, Mechaniek echoes of the Mantuan song? From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil, not...

...boys their amorous pains reveal, The only pains, alas ! they never feel On Mincio's banks, in Caesar's bounteous reign, If Tityrus found the golden age again, Must sleepy bards the flattering dream prolon;:, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song? From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray, Where Virgil,...

...along the margin grew, And freshen'd from the wave the Zephyr Hew. («) On Mincio's banks in Oeesar's bounteous reign. If Tityrus found the Golden Age again,...dream prolong, Mechanic echoes of the Mantuan song? (1) Mention the poems from which the above extracts are taken. Give a brief account of the scope and...