...imitate the blest above, In joy, and harmony, and love. AJf ACCOUNT OF THE GREATEST EXCLJSH POETS. Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language,and obscur'dhis wit: In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers...

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...strength, I'll try to make their several beauties known, And show their verses' worth, though not my own. Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit ; In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in...

...GOWER, One of our most ancient English, Poets, contemporary with Chaucer, and his intimate friend. "But age has rusted what the Poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit ; In vain he jests in his unpolished strain, And tries to make his readers laugh,...

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...death, highly esteemed for his talents, and his poetical productions were read with pleasure , — " But age has rusted what the poet writ ; Worn out his language, and obscured his wit; In vain he jests in his unpolished strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in...

...perpetrated by our youthful critic against two imperishable names in the following passage : — " Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt...merry bard, arose, And many a story told, in rhyme and proset; But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit : In vain...

...imitation, if such it is to be considered. Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the rapture of the tuneful nine, Till Chaucer first, a merry bard,...rusted what the poet writ, "Worn out his language, and obscured his wit. In vain he jests in his unpolish'd strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in...