 | George Dunn - 1894 - 608 ページ
...delightful to listen to you," said Bell. "Thank you. But when you know me better you will say of me — ' In him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play.' What a wrench it is to leave you ! Why cannot I lift you to my saddle-bow, and ride away, ride away... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 810 ページ
...in 4 vols., 1760.— SHARP, R. FARQUHARSON, 1897, A Dictionary of English Authors, p. 55. PERSONAL Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play ; Nonsense precipitate, like running Lead, That slipp'd through Cracks and Zigzags of the Head ; All... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1906 - 174 ページ
...profound ! Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there ; Yet wrote and floundered on in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipped through cracks and zig-zags of the head; All... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 ページ
...profound; Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there; Yet wrote and floundered on in mere despair. 120 Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head; All that... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 ページ
...enough to ridicule undisguised foibles, but dared not be just to the redeeming virtues PERSONAL Bound him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play ; Nonsense precipitate, like running Lead, That slipp'd through Cracks and Zigzags of the Head; All... | |
 | Sidney Colvin - 1917 - 662 ページ
...profound I Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head. The author... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 422 ページ
...profound! Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there; Yet wrote and floundered on in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head; All that... | |
 | Ivor Armstrong Richards - 1924 - 304 ページ
...process of jotting down what comes to mind at the moment is all that the would-be poet can achieve. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode and abdicated play : Nonsense precipitate like running lead, Which slipped through cracks and zigzags of the head. Opposed... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1925 - 348 ページ
...profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere despair. Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play ; Nonsense precipitate, like running lead, That slipp'd through cracks and zig-zags of the head ; All... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 ページ
...profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on, in mere despair. 120 Round him much Embryo, much Abortion lay, Much future Ode, and abdicated Play; Nonsense precipitate, like running Lead, That slip'd thro' Cracks and Zig-zags of the Head; All that... | |
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Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play... 
