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. The Iliad of Homer - Sivu 63tekijä(t) Homer - 1853 - 664 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Joseph William Moss - 1837 - 564 sivua
...Odyssey. At the end of this copy of the Turnebus Homer, in the Cracherode Collection, are these lines : " Read Homer once, and you can read no more, " For all books else appear so mean, BO poor : " Verse will seem prose, but still persist to read, " And Homer will be all the books you... | |
| Joseph William Moss - 1825 - 654 sivua
...At the end of this copy of the Turnebus Homer, " in the Cracherode Collection, are these lines : " Read Homer once, and you can read no more, " For all books else appear so meaii, so poor : " Verse Trill seem prose, but still persist to read, " And Homer will be all the books... | |
| William Beebey Lighton - 1838 - 262 sivua
...hills, pointed the Sinner's eye ! With holy faith and prayer, Read God's Word once, and you can rend no more; For all books else appear so mean, so poor; Verse will sppm prose; but still persist to read. And God's Word will be all the books you need.' Never lay it... | |
| William Beebey Lighton - 1838 - 262 sivua
...holy faith and prayer, Read God's Word once, and you can rend no more; For all bonks else apppar BO mean, so poor; Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read. And God-s Word will be all the books you need.' Never lay it aside because thou hast read it over and over,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 sivua
...Homer once, nnd you can read no more : For nil books else appear so шелп, ьо ролг. Verso l where I lie. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL. . VITAL spark of heave book» you need." That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me ; of whom it is hard to... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 sivua
...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 sivua
...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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 sivua
...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 sivua
...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... | |
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