 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 страници
...quarter : In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be found. ' For poetry he 's past ui H ! !` ! decayed, His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. I 'd have him throw away his pen — But there 's no talking... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 528 страници
...the time he talks them round, There must another set be found. "For poetry he's past his prime: 1oo He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decayed, His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen ; — But there's no talking... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 страници
...the time he talks them round, There must another set be found. "For poetry he's past his prime: 1oo He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decayed, His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen ; — But there's no talking... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 страници
...quarter: In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be found. 'For poetry he's past his prime: He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decayed, His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen; — But there's no talking... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1910 - 424 страници
...time he talks them round, There must another set be found. " For poetry he 's past his prime : )t* He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decay'd, His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen; — But there 's no talking to some men ! "... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 492 страници
...quarter: In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be found. "For poetry he's past his prime: He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decay'd, His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen;— But there's no talking to some men!" And... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 страници
...: ' In half the time he talks them round, ' There must another set be found' For poetry, he 's past his prime : ' He takes an hour to find a rhyme ; ' His fire is out, his wit decay'd, ' His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. ' I'd have him throw away his pen ;— ' But there 's no talking to some men... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 страници
...thought, And wealth he valued not a groat; NOBE; NOEC; OxBoLi; PoEL-3; TEP 26 For poetry, he's past t look decayed. His fancy sunk, his muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen, But there's no talking to... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 страници
...quarter: In half the time, he talks them round ; There must another set be found. 'For poetry, he's past his prime, He takes an hour to find a rhyme: His fire is out, his wit decay'd, His fancy sunk, his Muse a jade. I'd have him throw away his pen; — But there's no talking to some men.' And... | |
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To hear his out-of-fashion wit ? But he takes up with younger folks, Who for his wine will bear his jokes. Faith ! he must make his stories shorter, Or change his comrades once a quarter ; In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be... 
