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" I will not wish unto you the ass's ears of Midas, nor to be driven by a poet's verses, as Bubonax was, to hang himself; nor to be rhymed to death, as is said to be done in Ireland; yet thus much curse I must send you in the behalf of all poets; that while... "
Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers, in ... - Page 49
by Sir John Harington - 1804
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The Works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. in Prose and Verse: I. A ...

Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...rhymed to death, as is faid to be done in Ireland ; yet thus much curfe I muft lend you in the behalf of all Poets, That while you live, you live in love, and ever get favour, for lacking skill of a fonnet 5 and when you die, your memory die from the earth for...
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Sir Philip Sydney's Defense of Poetry: And Observations on Poetry and ...

Sir Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1787 - 158 pages
...rhimed to death, as is faid to be done in Ireland ; yet thus much curfe I muft fend you in the behalf of all Poets ; That while you live, you live in love, and never get favour, for lacking Jkill of a fonnet ; and when you die, your memory die from the earth, for want of an epitaph. OBSE-RI...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 3-4

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliographical literature - 1807 - 912 pages
...rimed to death, as is said to be done in Ireland; yet thus much curse I must stmi you in the behalf of all poets, that while you live, you live in love, and never get favour, for lacking *k.\\ of a sonnet; and when you die, your memory die from the earth for want of an epitaph." ISC •...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of ..., Volume 3

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 456 pages
...is said to be done in Ireland; yet thui much curse I must send you in the behalf of all poets, lhat while you live, you live in love, and never get favour, for lacking skill of a sounet; and when you die, your memory die from the earth for want of an rpitapb." ISC • P. 379. ART....
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's ...

English literature - 1831 - 368 pages
...rhymed to death, as is said to be done in Ireland ; yet thus much curse I must send you in the behalf of all poets ; that while you live, you live in love, and never get favor, for lacking skill of a sonnet ; and when you die, your memory die from the earth, for want of...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 3

Englishmen - 1836 - 274 pages
...majesty of ' sacred poesy,' with such witnesses before his eyes, would deserve, while he lived, " to live in love and never get favour, for lacking skill of a sonnet, and, when he died, that his memory should die from the earth for want of an epitaph." Sidney's poetry is the...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 8

1843 - 582 pages
...rhymed, to death, as is said to be done in Ireland ; yet thus much curse I must send you in behalf of all poets ; that while you live, you live in love, and never get favor, for lacking skill of a sonnet ; and when you die, your memory die from the earth, for want of...
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The American Review, and Metropolitan Magazine, Volume 1

1843 - 600 pages
...be rhymed to death, as is said to be done in Ireland ; yet thus much curse I must send you in behalf of all poets ; that while you live, you live in love, and never get favor, for lacking skill of a sonnet, and when you die, your memory die from the earth, for want of...
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Essays Upon Authors and Books

William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1849 - 256 pages
...rhymed to death, as is said to be done in Ireland ; yet thns much curse I must lend you in the behalf of all poets,— that while you live, you live in love, and never get favor, for lacking skill of a sonnet ; and when you die, your memory die from the earth for want of...
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A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 2

George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 526 pages
...majesty of ' sacred poesy,' with sucli witnesses before his eyes, would deserve, while he lived, " to live in love and never get favour, for lacking skill of a sonnet, and, when he died, that his memory should die from the earth for want of an epitaph." Sidney's poetry is the...
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