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" But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of this noble minor, it seems we must take them as we find them, and be content; for they are the last we shall ever have from him. He is, at best, he says, but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus... "
Hours of Idleness: A Series of Poems, Original and Translated - Page 150
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 183 pages
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Early Reviews of English Poets, Ed. with an Introduction by John Louis Haney ...

John Louis Haney - 1904 - 306 pages
...before him To us, his psalms had ne'er descended, In furious mood, he would have tore 'em.' p. 126, 127. But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...says, but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus ; he never lived in a garret, like thorough-bred poets ; and ' though he once roved a careless mountaineer...
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The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific ..., Volume 62

Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray - 1911 - 450 pages
...toils were ended, • To us his psalms had ne'er descended ; In furious mood he would have tore 'em. But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...and be content ; for they are the last we shall ever hear from him. He is, at best, he says, but an intruder into the 'groves of Parnassus ; he never lived...
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The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and ..., Volumes 61-62

1911 - 918 pages
...blockheads sing before him. To us his psalms had ne'er descended ; In furious mood he would have tore 'em. But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...and be content; for they are the last we shall ever hear from him. He is, at best, he says, but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus; he never lived...
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Famous Reviews

Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1914 - 552 pages
...a duet means a fiddle. . . . But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of this noble junior, it seems we must take them as we find them, and be...says, but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus ; he never lived in a garret, like thorough-bred poets ; and " though he once roved a careless mountaineer...
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Famous Reviews

Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1914 - 524 pages
...youth, and might have learnt that a pibroch is not a bagpipe, any more than a duet means a fiddle. . . . But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of this noble junior, it seems we must take them as we find them, and be content ; for they are the last we shall...
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On Writing and Writers

Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1926 - 236 pages
...youth, and might have learnt that pibroch is not a bagpipe, any more than duet means a fiddle. . . . " But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...says, but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus ; he never lived in a garret, like thoroughbred poets ; and ' though he once roved a careless mountaineer...
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Byron: A Study of the Poet in the Light of New Discoveries

Albert Brecknock - 1926 - 344 pages
...considerable, and his opportunities, which were great, to better account." The writer continued : " But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...and be content ; for they are the last we shall ever get from him. He is at best but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus. He never lived in a garret,...
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Lord Byron: The Critical Heritage

Andrew Rutherford - 1995 - 536 pages
...blockheads sing before him, To us, his psalms had ne'er descended, In furious mood he would have tore 'em. But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...says, but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus ; he never lived in a garret, like thorough-bred poets; and 'though he once roved a careless mountaineer...
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The life, writings, opinions, and times of ... lord Byron, by an ..., Volume 1

Matthew Iley, J. M. Millingen - 1825 - 448 pages
...him, To us his psalms had ne'er descended : In furious mood he would have tore 'em !' P. 126, 127" But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...says, but an intruder into the groves of Parnassus ; he never lived in a garret, like thorough-bred poets ; and ' though he once roved a careless mountaineer...
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Things Seen and Essays

Victor Hugo - 2008 - 350 pages
...the college psalmody as is contained in the following attic stanzas: (The quotation follows.) . . . " But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of...for they are the last we shall ever have from him; . . . whether he succeeds or not, ' it is highly improbable ' . . . that he should again condescend...
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