 There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come...  The Living Age - Page 3931875Full view - About this book
 | 1866 - 924 lehte
...get on alone, spite of brambles and boulderd, But he can't with that bundle he ha? on his shoulders. The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching...singing and preaching. His lyre has some chords that wonld ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of tho shell, And rattle away till he's... | |
 | 1854 - 524 lehte
...get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders ; The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching,...shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem." That " distinction 'twirt singing and preaching"... | |
 | 1854 - 604 lehte
...alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders ; The lop of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till...shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem. That "distinction 'twixt singing and preaching" is,... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 lehte
...Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme : ss * The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching...learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching.' The 'preaching' is indeed very tiresome in numerous examples; especially when both text and sermon... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1856 - 112 lehte
...get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'tvvixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 336 lehte
...get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching...shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the true " There goes Halleek. whose Fanny's a... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 328 lehte
...get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching...would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drunl of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, " There goes Halleek, whose Fanny's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 330 lehte
...some chords that would ring pretty well, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singiirg and preaching; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, 14 There goes Halleck, whose Fanny's a pseudo Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 102 lehte
...on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, "he top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till...the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyro has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 322 lehte
...some chords that would ring pretty well, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt... | |
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