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" Hail, happy genius of this ancient pile! How comes it all things so about thee smile? The fire, the wine, the men! and in the midst Thou stand'st as if some mystery thou didst! "
The Book of Table-talk - Page 85
by Charles MacFarlane - 1836
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...January, 1621, that the celebration of his birthday here took place which Ben Jomon has commemorated : — Hail, happy genius of this ancient pile ! How comes...so about thee smile? The fire, the wine, the men; and in the midst Thou stand'st as if some mystery thou didst 1 Pardon ! I read it in thy face ; the...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...1621, that the celebration of his birthday here took place which Ben Jonson has commemorated : — .! * Hail, happy genius of this ancient pile ! How comes it all things so about thee (mile? The fire, the wine, the men ; and in the midst Thou stand'st as if some mystery thou didst !...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...has commemorated : — , * Which was !n the 15th of James I., not the 16th, as Dugdale here makes it. Hail, happy genius of this ancient pile ! How comes it all things so about I hre smile :' The fire, the wine, the men ; and in the midst Thou stand'st .is if some mystery thou...
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The Great Oyer of Poisoning: The Trial of the Earl of Somerset for the ...

Andrew Amos - Poisoning - 1846 - 598 pages
...the most elegant and classical of his " underwriting." ON LORD BACON'S BIRTHDAY. Hail, happy Oenius of this ancient pile ! How comes it all things so about thee smile 1 The fire, the wine, the men ! and in the midst Thou stand'st as if some mystery thou did'st! Pardon,...
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The Book of table-talk [ed. by C. MacFarlane].

Book - 1847 - 492 pages
...the congratulatory compliment." — Clifford's Jonson, vol. viii. p. 440. LORD RACON'S RIRTHDAY. " HAIL, happy Genius of this ancient pile ! How comes it! all things so about thee smile, — * Stow's Survey, p. 373 et seq., edit. 1598. The fire, the wine, the men ? and in the midst Thou...
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New Biographies of Illustrious Men

Biography - 1857 - 476 pages
...surrounded by his admirers and friends, among whom was Ben Jonson, who composed a poem in honor of the day. Hail, happy genius of this ancient pile ! How comes...so about thee smile — The fire, the wine, the men — and in the midst Thou stand'st, as if some mystery thou didst ? " Had the poet been a prophet,...
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New Biographies of Illustrious Men

Biography - 1857 - 456 pages
...was Ben Jonson, who composed a poem in honor of the day. Hail, happy genius of this ancient pile 1 How comes it all things so about thee smile — The fire, the wine, the men — and in the midst Thou stand'st, as if some mystery thou didst ? " Had the poet been a prophet,...
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature: And British and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1858 - 1022 pages
...the poet celebrated the occasion in choice poetry, of which the following is a specimen : **Няи, happy genius of this ancient pile! How comes it all things so about tht.4> smile? The firv. the wine, the men — and in tht,- midst Tbou stand's!, ад if some mvnttry...
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A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1859 - 1028 pages
...affords matter for the compliment:" LORD ВлсоУв BIRTH DAY. " Halle, hnppie Genius of this antiont pile! How comes it all things so about thee smile? The fire, the wine, the men, and in the midst Thou stand'st, as if ноше mystery thou did'stl Pardon, 1 nod it in thy fare, tb.L-...
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...celebration of his birthday here took place which Ben Jonson has commemorated : — Hail, happy gemus of this ancient pile! How comes it all things so about thee smile t The fire, the wine, the men ; and in the midst Thou stand'st as if some mystery thou didst'. Pardon...
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