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" Townsfolk my strength ; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise ; Some lucky wits impute it but to chance ; Others, because of both sides I do take My blood from them, who did excel in this, Think Nature me a man... "
Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an intr ... - Page 113
edited by - 1881
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The Works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. in Prose and Verse: I. A ...

Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...which from good ufe doth rife Some lucky wits impute it but to chance : Others, becaufe of both fides I do take My blood from them who did excel in this,...Think nature me a man of arms did make : How far they fhot awry ! The true caufe is, Stella look'd on, and from her heav'nly face, Sent forth the beams which...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 205

1907 - 584 pages
...France — Horsemen my skill in horsemanship advance ; Townsfolk my strength ; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise...from them who did excel in this, Think Nature me a man-at-arms did make. How far they shot awry ! The true cause is, Stella lookt on, and from her heavenly...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip Sidney

Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 414 pages
...in this, " Think Nature me a man of arm» did make. " How far they shoot awry! The true cause i$, *' STELLA look'd on, and from her heavenly face '••...Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race." Astrophcl and Stella. St. xli. Kor could Spenser pay a more acceptable compliment to his patron, than...
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The British Bibliographer, Volume 1

Samuel Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1810 - 648 pages
...France : Horsemen my skill in horsemanship advance; Town-folks my strength; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise:...of both sides I do take My blood from them, who did excell in this, Think Nature me a man of Arms did make. How far they shot awry ! the true cause is,...
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The British Bibliographer, Volume 1

Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1810 - 618 pages
...Town-folks my strength; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth risej Some lucky wits impute it but to chance: Others, because...of both sides I do take My blood from them, who did excell in this, Think Nature me a man of Arms did make. How .far they shot awry! the true cause is,...
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The London Magazine, Volume 8

1823 - 696 pages
...France ; Horsemen my skill in horsemanship advance; Townfolks my strength ; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise...the true cause is, STELLA look'd on, and from her heav'nly face Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race. VI. In martial sports I had my cunning...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...France ; Horsemen my skill in horsemanship advance; Townsfolk my strength ; a daintier judge applies ! 7 bloud from them who did excel in this, Think nature me a man of arms did make. How far they shot awry...
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The History of Chivalry: Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2

Charles Mills - Chivalry - 1825 - 404 pages
...guests in generous equality about a round table. Townsfolks my strength; a daintier judge applies CHAP. His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise...Think nature me a man of arms did make. How far they shoot awry ! The true cause is, STELLA look'd on, and from her heavenly face Sent forth the beams which...
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The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 1

Charles Mills - Chivalry - 1825 - 838 pages
...guests in generous equality about a round table. Townsfolks my strength; a daintier judge applies CHAP. His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise...Think nature me a man of arms did make. How far they shoot awry ! The true cause is, STELLA look'd on, and from her heavenly face Sent forth the beams which...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...impute it but to ehanee ; Others, beeause of both sides I do take My bloud from them who did exeel or Thomas Tegg eause is, .sсellа look'd on, and from her heavenly faee Sent forth the beams whieh made so fair my...
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