 Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair ; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements...  A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes - Page 254edited by - 1755Full view - About this book
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 322 pages
...secured are, To save from Finger wet, the Letters fair: The Work so quaint, that on their Backs is seen, St. George's high Atchievements does declare; On which...that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming Rod, unpleasing Sight, I ween! v. But ah! what Pen his woful Plight can trace. Or what Device his loud Laments... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1929 - 492 pages
...fair : The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; 25 On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween ! Ah, luckless he, and born beneath the beam Of evil star ! it irks me whilst... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...finger wet the letters fair; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forthcoming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween! This is fundamentally quite un-Spenserian, more so than the first canto of... | |
 | David Hill Radcliffe - 1996 - 262 pages
...wet, the Letters fair: The Work so quaint, that on their Backs is seen, St. George's high Achievements does declare; On which thilk Wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming Rod, unpleasing Sight, I ween! (1737,18) Spenser, of course, had sung didactically the achievements of St.... | |
 | Thomas Pfau, Robert F. Gleckner - 1998 - 492 pages
...save from Fingers wet the Letters fair: The Work so quaint that on their Backs is seen, St. Georges high Atchievements does declare: On which thilk Wight...that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming Rod, unpleasing sight, I ween. (111-17) (I will return to this particular infraction later.) Boys, like... | |
 | 2004 - 228 pages
...wet the letters fair: The work so quaint, that on their backs is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forthcoming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween! But ah! what pen his woeful plight can trace, Or what device his loud laments... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pages
...wet the letters fair : The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming rod, — unpleasing sight, I But now Dan Phoebus gains the middle sky, And Liberty unbars her prison door... | |
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