 | 1803 - 434 σελίδες
...Piercy and Douglas, ' that I found not my heart more moved than with a ' trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder ' with no rougher voice than...so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that un' civil age, what would it work trimmed in the gor' geous eloquence qf Pindar?' For my own part,... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 414 σελίδες
...Certainly I" must —199— u confess mine own barbarousness : I never heard the old " song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart " moved more than with a trumpet, and yet it is sung by " some blind crowder with no .rougher voice than rude " style ; which being so evil apparelled in... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1812 - 518 σελίδες
...was established in England, whether by natives or foreigners. I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more...with a trumpet : and yet 'it' is sung but by some blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude style ; which beeing so evill apparelled in the dust... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 σελίδες
...his works. Sir Philip Sidney, in his discourse of poetry, speaks of it in the following words : ' I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder with no rougher voice than... | |
 | James George Barlace - 1819 - 408 σελίδες
...judges in this country ; Sir Philip Sidney in his discourse of poetry, bestows this eulogy on it : "I never heard the old song of " Percy and Douglas, that...my heart moved more " than with a trumpet ; and yet is it but sung by some blind " crowder, with no rougher voice than rude stile, which being " so evil... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 340 σελίδες
...his works. Sir Philip Sidney, in his discourse of Poetry, speaks of it in the following words : ' I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder with no rougher voice than... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 σελίδες
...history of ancient poetry. " Certainly," says the brave knight, " I must confess my own barbarousness; I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet. And yet it is sung by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than... | |
 | 1822 - 788 σελίδες
...his works Sir Philip Sidney, in his discourse of poetry, speaks of it in the following words : ' I ; for which a less eminent droll would have been sent to the galleys. Tr more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder wit h no rougher voice than... | |
 | 1822 - 496 σελίδες
...appears, at first view, inexplicable. " I never heard," says Sir Philip Sydney, " the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet ;" and Ben Jonson used to say he had rather have been the author of that fine old ballad than all his works.... | |
 | 1823 - 414 σελίδες
...of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder with no rougher voice than rude style, which being so evil aparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence... | |
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I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobwebs of that... 
