 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 ページ
...alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders. The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinetion 'twixt singing and preaching. His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well ; l,ut... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 ページ
...alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But lie can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixl singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he 'd rather... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 234 ページ
..."... who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme ; The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till...learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching." He never learnt it— he never seriously meant to learn it. Song, satire, and parable — more and... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 264 ページ
..."... who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme ; The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 't wixt singing and preaching. " He never learnt it — he never seriously meant to learn it. Song,... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1884 - 204 ページ
..."... who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme ; The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction "twist singing and preaching. " He never learnt it — he never seriously meant to learn it. Song,... | |
 | 1891 - 400 ページ
...alone, spite of brambles or boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will nee'r come nigh reaching, Till...rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of the march to the last new Jerusalem." Mr. Lowell's devoted wife died in 1853 ; and it may have been... | |
 | 1884 - 664 ページ
...poet is becomingly modest, and confesses that tho' "Lowell is striving Parnassus to climb, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till...the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching.'' His admiration for Bryant is decidedly of the luke-warm order. And most Americans will agree that in some... | |
 | 1884 - 688 ページ
...poet is becomingly modest, and confesses that tho' "Lowell is striving Parnassus to climb, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching.1' His admiration for Bryant is decidedly of the luke-warm order. And'most Americans will... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 484 ページ
...alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till...lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he 'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he 's old as Methusalem, At the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 472 ページ
...alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till...learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; lyre has some chords that would 146 A FABLE FOR CRITICS. But he 'd rather by half make a drum of... | |
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There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come... 
