And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty: Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology... Wit and Humor - Page 193edited by - 1846 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1899 - 816 pages
...fills the eye, And seems designed for thoughtless majesty; Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade tfo plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, 30 Thou last great prophet of tautology J Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 522 pages
...designed for thoughtless majesty, ' Richard Flecknoe had died in 1678. lie was an Irishman by birth. «ftO Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain,...types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology. Kven I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way, And coarsely clad... | |
| Charles Wells Moulton - 1901 - 812 pages
...sure of public punishment. — HERBERT, SIR HENRY, 1632, Master of the Revels Office Book, Nov. 18. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology. — DRYDEN, JOHN, 1682, Mac Flecknoe. One of such Incomparable parts, that he was the Chief of the... | |
| Thomas Marc Parrott, Augustus White Long - 1902 - 432 pages
...fabrick fills the eye 25 "And seems designed for thoughtless majesty, "Thoughtless as monarch oakes that shade the plain "And, spread in solemn state,...types of thee, "Thou last great prophet of tautology." 30 Here stopped the good old syre and wept for joy, • In silent raptures of the hopeful boy. All... | |
| Augustus White Long, Thomas Marc Parrott - 1903 - 432 pages
..." And seems designed for thoughtless majesty, " Thoughtless as monarch oakes that shade the plain " Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, "Thou last great prophet of tautology." 30 Here stopped the good old syre and wept for joy, In silent raptures of the hopeful boy. All arguments,... | |
| 1905 - 404 pages
...His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye, And seems designed for thoughtless majesty — Thoughtless as monarch...types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology! Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way." John Dry den. SATIRE... | |
| 1905 - 404 pages
...monarch oaks that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. A Satire Anthology Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology! Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way." John Dry den. SATIRE... | |
| John Dryden - 1905 - 196 pages
...oaks that shade the plain , x I " And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. •'-*'• " " Hey wood and Shirley were but types of thee, " Thou last great prophet of tautology. 30 " Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, " Was sent before but to prepare thy way, " And coarsely... | |
| Lionel Strachey - 1906 - 326 pages
...goodly fabric fills the eye And seems designed for thoughtless majesty, Thoughtless as monarch oakes that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state,...types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology. Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way, And coarsely clad... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 pages
...His rising fogs prevail upon the day. 25 Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye, And seems designed for thoughtless majesty; Thoughtless as monarch oaks,...reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, 30 Thou last great prophet of tautology ! Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before... | |
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