 Doeg, though without knowing how or why, Made still a blundering kind of melody; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in: Free from all meaning, whether good or bad, And, in one word, heroically...  The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and ... - Page 216by John Dryden - 1760Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...kind of melody : Spurr'd boldly on, antfdash'd through thick and thin, Through seosc and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether good or bad. And, in one word, heroically mad. lie was too warm on lacking work to dwell, But ADpfiM hin notions as they fell. And, if they rhymed... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1852 - 378 pages
...blund'ring kind of melody; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in; Free from all meaning, whether good...mad : He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But faggoted his notions as they fell, And if they rhym'd and rattled, all was well, Spiteful he is not,... | |
 | Joseph Welch - 1852 - 760 pages
...kind of melody; йрппч! boldly on, and dash'il thro' thick and thin, Thro' §ense and nonsense, never out nor in; Free from all meaning, whether good or bad, And in one word heroically mad. He. wo* too warm on picking work to dwell, but fagotted his notions as they fell. And if they rhim'd aiid... | |
 | William Spalding - English language - 1853 - 446 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin. Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in : Free from all meaning, whether good or bad, And, in one word, heroically mad. to have been the power of reasoning, and of expressing the result in appropriate language. This may... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896 - 496 pages
...blundering kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Though sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...But fagotted his notions as they fell, And if they rhjmed and rattled, all was well. The fat Shadwell comes in for even worse : Og, from a treason tavern... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 324 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurred boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in; Free from all meaning, whether good...mad, He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But fagoted his notions as they fell, And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. Spiteful he is not,... | |
 | William Spalding - English literature - 1854 - 446 pages
...blundering kind of melody; Spurred boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in: Free from all meaning, whether good or bad, And, in one word, heroically mad. THE CHARACTER OF DRYDEN's GENIUS. 30& to have been the power of reasoning, and of expressing the result... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 568 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in; Free from all meaning, whether good...picking-work to dwell, But fagotted his notions as they feu, And if they rhymed and rattled, all was well Spiteful he is not, though he wrote a satire, For... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 592 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in; Free from all meaning, whether good...And, in one word, heroically mad : He was too warm on picking- work to dwell, But fagotted his notions as they fell, And if they rhymed and rattled, all... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...kind of melody ; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in ; Free from all meaning, whether...mad. He was too warm on picking-work to dwell, But fagoted his notions as they fell, And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well." I cannot here omit... | |
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