 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pagina’s
...slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might...but seldom made, When poets are by too much force betrayed. Thy generous fruits, though gathered ere their prime, Still showed a quickness; and maturing... | |
 | 1873 - 786 pagina’s
...reserves one excellence as unattainable, short of mellow maturity : " What could advancing age have given more ? It might (what Nature never gives the young)...numbers of thy native tongue ; But satire needs not these, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged Everybody desires to live long, but... | |
 | Roger Lancelyn Green - 1997 - 440 pagina’s
...young nature? You cannot expect a creamy smoothness while the act of vinous fermentation is proceeding. Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged...are by too much force betray'd; Thy generous fruits, though gather'd ere their prime, Still show a quickness, and maturing time But mellows what we write... | |
 | T. S. Eliot - 1997 - 146 pagina’s
...advancing age have added more? It might s what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numhers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those,...shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. A nohle error, and hut seldom made, When poets are hy too much force hetrayed. Thy generous fruits, though... | |
 | Emerson R. Marks - 1998 - 428 pagina’s
...if at all, only after years of practical experience. The gifted John Oldham never lived to reach it. What could advancing Age have added more? It might...gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native Tongue.-'5 In the preface to the Acneid, Dryden reports having for sometime been gathering materials... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 pagina’s
...slippery place, While his young friend performed and won the race.* 10 O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might...but seldom made, When poets are by too much force betrayed. Thy generous fruits, though gathered ere their prime 1 Still showed a quickness; and maturing... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 pagina’s
...slippery place,0 While his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe — to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might...gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue.0 But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line:... | |
 | T. S. Eliot - 2006 - 300 pagina’s
...slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? , It might...but seldom made, When poets are by too much force betrayed. Thy generous fruits, though gathered ere their prime, Still showed a quickness; and maturing... | |
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O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what Nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged... 
