 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...hrm teach fair Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste Muse emploj'd her heaven-taught lyre None hut the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral,...corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish lo blot. Oh, may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1838 - 514 pages
...erteilt ^at. — His chafte Mufe einploy'd her heav'ntaught lyre None but the noblen pallions to infpire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which, dying, he could wish to blot, oi ©eine ¥ eufcbe XTTufe brauchte i^re biiwnüfcbe Ä.eyer 5u nicbte, «Is 5tt »tttifloii'uiu? der... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...poet has been inscribed the high and glowing eulogy so merited by the tendency of all Le wrote : — " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." RIALTO, AT VENICE. This renowned bridge is mentioned by Shakspeare in his " Merchant of Venice." It... | |
 | James Thomson - 1843 - 42 pages
...to be Let. XVI illustrative of the personal character of a great poet, whose greatest praise is : " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot." not the exaggerated praise he has bestowed upon Pope, " For though not sweeter his own Homer sings,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...applause, You heard him teach fair Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught 0 may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior now... | |
 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1845 - 444 pages
...applause, You heard him touch fair virtue's purest laws : For his chaste muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire : Not...thought One line which dying, he could wish to blot." etc. not marred by Quin's unaffected emotion in reciting the line — " Alas ! I feel I am no actor... | |
 | George Long - 1845 - 264 pages
...found of a decidedly immoral tendency. It was justly said of Thomson, that his writings contained " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which dying he could wish to blot." The same praise may be justly given to Mr. Wordsworth ; and perhaps a few (it is to be feared but few)... | |
 | Hugh Miller - England - 1847 - 454 pages
...place among the British poets, and which contain, as he himself has characterized those of Thomson,— "Not one immoral, one corrupted thought,— One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." The younger Lyttleton wrote verses also ; but his, though not quite without merit, had to be banished... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...applause You heard him teach fair Virtue's purest laws; For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaven-taught '> c Zu6^ | / ՙ7 8 | w /y s ǿ ۏ odd to grace his tomb: Hears not the feeble voice of human fame. Whilst he, superior now to praise... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...applause. You heard him teach from Virtuc's purest laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. 0 may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior now... | |
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Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. 
