 Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him; Instinct he follows and no farther knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose. 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay, Who makes heaven's gate a lock to its own...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3671845Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 pages
...transprose;^ 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay 445 Who makes heaven's gntt a lock to its own kty ;% Let him rail on, let his invective Muse Have four...one line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence. 450 In fire-works give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the only serpents he can write ; The... | |
 | James Louis O'Neil - 1893 - 154 pages
...common mark of such sheets. To every member of this guild, the lines of Dryden are applicable, — " Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four...one line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence." I would not be understood as raising a foolish outcry against newspapers. They are useful ; can do... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1884 - 480 pages
...write verse with him is to transprose;* 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay, 4*5 Who makes heavens gate a lock to its own key. Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1884 - 478 pages
...write verse with him is to transprose ; * 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay, Who makes heavens gate a lock to its own key. Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 630 pages
...; Instinct he follows, and no farther knows, For, to write verse with him is to transprose; 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay, Who makes heaven's...key; Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four-and-tweuty letters to abuse. Which, if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 pages
...him ; Instinct he foilows and no farther knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose' ; Twere pity treason at his door to lay Who makes heaven's...sense, Indict him of a capital offence. In fire-works 2 give him leave to vent his spitfj Those are the only serpents he can write ; The height of his ambition... | |
 | 1895 - 610 pages
...; Instinct he follows, and no farther knows, For, to write verse with him is to transprosc ; 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay, Who makes heaven's...key ; Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four-and-twcnty letters to abuse. Which, if ho jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 pages
...; Instinct he follows and no farther knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose1 ; 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay Who makes heaven's...line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence. In fire-works2 give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the only serpents he can write ; The height... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 pages
...him : Instinct he follows, and no farther knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose. 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay, Who makes heaven's...key : Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 pages
...him : Instinct he follows, and no farther knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose. 'Twere pity treason at his door to lay, Who makes heaven's...key : Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital... | |
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