 O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged...  Original Poems - Страница 230по John Dryden - 1773Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 страници
...Whilst his young friend perform'd, and won O early ripe ! to thy ahundant store [the race. What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numhers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence... | |
 | John Oldham - 1854 - 284 страници
...While his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more ? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue ; But satire needs not these, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence... | |
 | Alfred Theophilus Lee - 1857 - 376 страници
...While his young friend performed and won the race. I early ripe ! to they abundant store : What could advancing age have added more ? It might (what Nature never gives the young,) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue ; But satire needs not these, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 страници
...friend perform'd, and won O early ripe ! to thy ahundant store [the race. What could advancing ago have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numhers ofthy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 страници
...whilst his young friend performed and won the race. Oh early ripe, to thy abundant store what could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) have taught the smoothness of thy native tongue ; but satire needs not that, and wit will shine through the harsh cadence... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 346 страници
...Whilst his young friend perform'd, and won the race. O early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more ? It might (what nature never gives the young) 1 Farewell, too little] This short elegy is finished with the most exquisite art and skill. Not an... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 страници
...Whilst his young friend performed, and won the race. 10 Oh early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine 15 Through the harsh cadence... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) Turner - 1869 - 486 страници
...and seems to admit the subject as an apology : — " O early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more ! It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence... | |
 | 1869 - 488 страници
...incongruity of metaphor in the last couplet . — "Oh, early ripe ! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more ? It might, what Nature never gives the young, Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue ; But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 страници
...Whilst his young friend performed, and won the race. 10 Oh early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But Satire needs not those, and wit will shine 15 Through the harsh cadence... | |
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