 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English letters - 1907 - 486 pages
...More than those of nightingales or doves. FROM "DON JUAN," CANTO XI BYBON AND His CONTEMPORARIES LV IN twice five years the " greatest living poet," Like to the champion in the fisty ring, Is call'd on to support his claim, or show it, Although 't is an imaginary thing. [ 296 ] II s * TS 11... | |
 | Walter Scott - Lady of the Lake (Legendary character) - 1908 - 294 pages
...however unworthily, rather like the champion of pugilism,1 1 Lockhart quotes Byron, Don Juan, xi. 55 : " In twice five years the ' greatest living poet,' Like to the champion m the fisty ring, IB called on to support his claim, or show it, on the condition of being always ready... | |
 | Walter Scott - Lady of the Lake (Legendary character) - 1908 - 296 pages
...Juan, xi. 55 : " In twice five years the ' greatest living poet,' Like to the champion in the fiaty ring, Is called on to support his claim, or show it, Although 't is an imaginary thing," etc. on the condition of being always ready to show proofs of my skill,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1910 - 968 pages
...greatest living poet." Like to the champion fisty in the ring. Is call'd on to support his claim, or show ! = P " a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one...death itself must be, Like all the rest, a mockery. Th reckon'da considerable time. The grand Napoleon of the realms of rhyme. But Juan was my Moscow, and... | |
 | Richard Ellis Roberts - London (England) - 1910 - 360 pages
...average numeral ; Also the eighty ' greatest living poets,' As every paltry magazine can show it's. LV In twice five years the ' greatest living poet,' Like to the champion in the fisty ring, Is call'd on to support his claim, or show it, Although 'tis an imaginary thing. Even I — albeit I'm... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1911 - 784 pages
...stores corruption can bestow. 3859 Thomson : Seasons. Spring. Line 58 POET L, AUREATE — see Poetry. In twice five years the " greatest living poet," Like...claim, or show it, Although 'tis an imaginary thing. 3800 Byron : Don Juan. Canto xi. St. 55 Even I — albeit I'm sure I did not kuow it, Nor sought of... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1911 - 784 pages
...stores corruption can bestow. 3859 Thomson : Seasons. Spring. Line 58 POET L AUREATE — see Poetry. In twice five years the " greatest living poet," Like to the champion in the flsty ring, Is called on to support his claim, or show it, Although 'tis an imaginary thing. 38B0 Byron... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...average numeral ; Also the eighty "greatest living poets," As every paltry magazine can show its. 66 rose up in the Attic Muse, Her voice flsty ring, Is call'd on to support his claim, or show it, Although 'tis an imaginary thing. Even I... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1918 - 774 pages
...Introduction to Marino Faliero, Poetical Worht, 19o1, iv. 34o, 341, note I.)] Even I — albeit I 'm sure I did not know it, Nor sought of foolscap subjects...considerable time, The grand Napoleon of the realms of rhyme.1" LVI. But Juan was my Moscow, and Faliero My Leipsic, and my Mont Saint Jean seems Cain : l... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1924 - 486 pages
...In twice five years the " greatest living poet." Like to the champion fistv in the ring, Is call'd on to support his claim, or show it, Although 'tis...Nor sought of foolscap subjects to be king,— Was reckon *da considerable time, The grand Napoleon of the realms of rhyme. But Juan was my Moscow, and... | |
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As every paltry magazine can show it 's. LV. In twice five years the " greatest living poet," Like to the champion in the fisty ring, Is called on to support his claim, or show it, Although 'tis an imaginary thing. Even I — albeit I'm sure I did not... 
