 THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off...  Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama - Page 593by John Addington Symonds - 1884 - 668 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin; rime being no necessary adjunft or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer...barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame meter; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; rhyme being no necessary adjunct, or true ornament of poem or good verse, in...barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre ; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...Milton, who lias said, that " rhyme is no necessary adjunct, or true ornament, of poem or good verse ; but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre, graced, indeed, since, by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Creek, and of Virgil in Latin : rhyme being no necessary adjunct, or true ornament of poem or good verse, in...barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modem poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | England - 1823 - 782 pages
...a narrative poem. M j'i. Rhyme is no necessary ad. junct or true ornament of good verse; it is hut the invention of a barbarous age., to set off wretched matter and lame metre. AV,.<. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin : rhyme being no necessary adjunct, or true ornament of poem or good verse, in...barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre ; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | 1823 - 584 pages
...rhymes in a narrative poem Mil. Rhyme is no necessary adjunct or true ornament of good verse; it is but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre. Elw. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not? Mil. In some measure — for true it is,... | |
 | Scotland - 1823 - 858 pages
...rhymes in a narrative poem. Mil. Rhyme is no necessary adjunct or true ornament of good verse; it is but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off' wretched matter and lame metre. Elw. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it is,... | |
 | England - 1823 - 772 pages
...rhymes in a narrative poem. Mil. Rhyme is no necessary adjunct or true ornament of good verse; it is but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre. Elw. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it is,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; rhyme being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in...barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre; graced -indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
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