 As if you got more than you'd title to rightfully, And you find yourself hoping its wild father Lightning Would flame in for a second and give you a fright'ning. He has perfect sway of what I call a sham metre, But many admire it, the English pentameter,...  The British Quarterly Review - Page 282edited by - 1886Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 336 pages
...sham metre, 15ut many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Nor e'er achieved aught in't so worthy of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the grand Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 330 pages
...many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, fright'ning. With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Nor e'er achieved aught in't so worthy of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the grand Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 102 pages
...a sham metre, But many admire it, the English hexameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verae, Nor e'er achieved aught in't so worthy of praise . As the tribute of Holmes to the grand Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 334 pages
...sham metre, But many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Nor e'er achieved aught in't so worthy of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the grand Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1873 - 484 pages
...sham metre, But many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Nor e'er achieved aught in 't so worthy of praise As the tnbute of Holmes to the grand MarseillaiseYou... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1876 - 450 pages
...sham metre, But many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Nor e'er achieved aught in 't so worthy of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the grand Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...sham metre, But many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Nor e'er achieved aught in 't so worthy of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the grand Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...sham metre, But many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Xor e'er achieved aught ill Ч so worthy of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the gi-and Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...sham metre, But many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse, Nor e'er achieved aught in't so worthy of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the Grand Marseillaise.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 pages
...sham metre. But many admire it, the English pentameter, And Campbell, I think, wrote most commonly worse, With less nerve, swing, and fire in the same kind of verse. Nor e'er achieved anght in 't so wortby of praise As the tribute of Holmes to the grand Marseillaise.... | |
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