 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pągines
...Testament, and what examples of each ? 4. What general view is given of the construction of Hebrew poetry ? Read Homer once, and you can read no more, For all books else appear so mean, so poor. Verse shall seem prose ; but still persist ta read, And Homer will be all the books you need." This is the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pągines
...Head Homer once, and you can read no mort!, Ь'Г all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse irill seem prose ; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. Had Bossu never writ, the world had still, like Indians, view'd this wondrous piece of skill ; ! At... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pągines
...human kind ! Nature's whole strength united ! endless fame, And universal shouts attend their name ! ' ear, And draw her home with music. Ja. I'm never merry when I hear sweet mnsic. Had Bossu never writ, the world had still, Like Indians, view'd this wondrous piece of skill ; As something... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 pągines
...should undertake the author to whom he has given (in hia excellent Essay] so complete a praise 6 : Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all...to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. 8 In former editions it followed, " as I wish for the sake of the world, he had prevented me in the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pągines
...human kind ! Niture's whole strength united ! endless fame, And universal shouts attend their name ! nd field ; Of Vtrs« will seem prose ; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. Had Bossu... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pągines
...human kind ! Nature's whole strength unit«! ! endless fame, And universal shouts attend their name ! ambers Had Bossu never writ, the world had still, Like Indians, view'd this wondrous piece of skill; As something... | |
 | Homer - 1849 - 582 pągines
...undertake the / author to whom he has given (in his excellent Essay) so complete a praise : > " Bead Homer once, and you can read no more ; • For all...read, *^ And Homer will be all the books you need :" ^^ That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me, of whom it is ' J hard to say whether... | |
 | Brandiport - 1849 - 164 pągines
...work of Homer, the great Grecian bard, might be appropriately said of the Bible— " Read God's word once and you can read no more; For all books else appear so mean—so poor, Verse will seem prose—but still persist to read ; And God's word " will be all the... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1851 - 370 pągines
...evacuation and abasement of corporal nature, to make man fearful of his lusts. AN ESSAY ON POETRY. " Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all...else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose." Yes, such verse as your Grace's. HN Coleridge has well observed, that the same class of fastidious... | |
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Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need. 
