 Mecoenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in leade, That matter made for Poets on to play: For ever who in derring doe were dreade, The loftie verse of hem was loved aye.  Schiller's poems - Page 371by Friedrich Schiller - 1905 - 381 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 582 pages
...of genius. Spenser has an allusion to these lines in the Shepherd's Calendar : ' But ah ! Mecaenas is yclad in claye, ' And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, ' And all the Worthies liggen wrapt in lead, ' That matter made for poets on to playe : ' For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, " The loftie... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...eare, And eft did sing of warres and deadly drei-de, So as the Heavens did quake his verse to beare. But ah ! Mecsenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus...ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made fur poets on to playe : For fiver, «ho in derring-doe were dread, The loftie... | |
 | Juvenal - Satire, English - 1817 - 496 pages
...love of genius. Spenser has an allusion to these lines in the Shepherd's Calendar: " But ah ! Mectenas is yclad in claye, " And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, " And all the Worthies liggen wrapt in lead, " That matter made for poets on to playe : " For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, Heavens... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1825 - 408 pages
...sing of warres and deadly dreede, So as the heavens did quake his verse to heare. 60 But ah ! Meceenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe : For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, 65 The loftie... | |
 | Juvenal - Verse satire, Latin - 1839 - 572 pages
...munificent patrons of literature. LU. PR. Spenser has an allusion to these lines : " But ah ! Mecamas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe : For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, The loftie... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1839 - 322 pages
...sing of warres and deadly dreede, So as the heavens did quake his verse to heare. But ah ! Mectenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the Worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for Poets on to playe : For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, The loftie... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1839 - 412 pages
...sing of warres and deadly dreede So as the heavens did quake his verse to heare. 60 But ah! Mecaenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen 5 wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe: For ever, who in derring-doe 6 were dread,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1887 - 698 pages
...this is more of an archaism than a provincialism, and ia used by Edmund Spenser :— But ah ! Maecenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead. And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe ; For ever who in derring-doe were dread, The lofty verse... | |
 | Edmund Spenser, Henry John Todd - 1845 - 654 pages
...sing of warres and deadly drcede, So as the heavens did quake his verse to heare. ei But ah ! Mecicnas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe : For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, fla The loftie... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1909 - 740 pages
...' Shepheard's Calendar ' may prove explanatory of this custom : — But ah ! Мам'с-nns is ychul in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies lipgen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe ; For over, who in drrring-doe were dread,... | |
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