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PHEBUS , sitting one day in a laurel - tree ' s shade , Was reminded of Daphne ,
of whom it was made , For the god being one day too warm in his wooing , She
took to the tree to escape his pursuing ; Be the cause what it might , from his
offers ...
PHEBUS , sitting one day in a laurel - tree ' s shade , Was reminded of Daphne ,
of whom it was made , For the god being one day too warm in his wooing , She
took to the tree to escape his pursuing ; Be the cause what it might , from his
offers ...
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... Remembering he ' d had some connexion with authors , And considering his
four legs had grown paralyShe set him on two , and he came forth a critic . tic ,
Through his babyhood no kind of pleasure he took In any amusement but tearing
a ...
... Remembering he ' d had some connexion with authors , And considering his
four legs had grown paralyShe set him on two , and he came forth a critic . tic ,
Through his babyhood no kind of pleasure he took In any amusement but tearing
a ...
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... by means of a bray , Which he gave to the life , drove the rabble away ; And if
that wouldn ' t do , he was sure to succeed , If he took his review out and offered
to read ; Or , failing in plans of this milder description , 32 A FABLE FOR CRITICS
.
... by means of a bray , Which he gave to the life , drove the rabble away ; And if
that wouldn ' t do , he was sure to succeed , If he took his review out and offered
to read ; Or , failing in plans of this milder description , 32 A FABLE FOR CRITICS
.
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He must pelt down an unripe and colicky crop ; Who took to the law , and had this
sterling plea for it , It required him to quarrel , and paid him a fee for it ; A man
who ' s made less than he might have , because He always has thought himself ...
He must pelt down an unripe and colicky crop ; Who took to the law , and had this
sterling plea for it , It required him to quarrel , and paid him a fee for it ; A man
who ' s made less than he might have , because He always has thought himself ...
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... had done vastly more had he done vastly less ; In letters , too soon is as bad as
too late , Could he only have waited he might have been great , But he plumped
into Helicon up to the waist , And muddied the stream ere he took his first taste .
... had done vastly more had he done vastly less ; In letters , too soon is as bad as
too late , Could he only have waited he might have been great , But he plumped
into Helicon up to the waist , And muddied the stream ere he took his first taste .
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| Title | Fable for critics. Bigelow papers. Unhappy lot of Mr. Knott. An oriental apologue Volume 2 of The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell: Complete in Two Volumes, James Russell Lowell |
| Author | James Russell Lowell |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1858 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 May 2007 |
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