 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 2631823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1874 - 380 Seiten
...It will be remembered what he calls it in the few words which he has prefixed to Paradise Lost — 'the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre ; .... a thing of itself to all judicious ears trivial and of no true musical delight ' — with much... | |
 | 1874 - 376 Seiten
...will be remembered what he calls it in the few words which he has prefixed to Paradise Lost—'the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre; .... a thing of itself to all judicious ears trivial and of no true musical delight'— with much more... | |
 | James Kernahan - 1876 - 658 Seiten
...which was unknown to Homer, Pindar, Sophocles, Virgil, and Horace, and was even despised by Milton as " the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre, as the jingling sound of like endings, trivial to all judicious ears, and of no true musical delight."... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 346 Seiten
...writing in rhyme till he was past fifty, he finds it unsuitable for his epic, and it at once becomes " the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre." If the structure of his mind be undramatic, why, then, the English drama is naught, learned Jonson,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 348 Seiten
...writing in rhyme till he was past fifty, he finds it unsuitable for his epic, and it at once becomes " the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre." If the structure of his mind be undramatic, why, then, the English drama is naught, learned Jouson,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1877 - 324 Seiten
...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 wretched matter and lame Meeter ; grac't indeed since by the use of some famous modern Poets, carried away by Custom, but much... | |
 | Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1877 - 836 Seiten
...is a fetter, and our Milton, when apologising for its omission in the Paradise Lost, called it " tho invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre." Tet hU own lyrics show with what perfect ease aud incomparable grace he could wear the chain. Gifted... | |
 | Thomas Corser - 1878 - 260 Seiten
...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 wretched matter and lame meeter ; grnc't indeed since by the use of some famous modern Poets, carried away by custom, but much... | |
 | John Milton - 1879 - 216 Seiten
...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 wretched matter and lame metre ; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much to their... | |
 | John Milton - 1879 - 218 Seiten
...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 wretched matter and lame metre ; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much to their... | |
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