...of lore so speedily to be forgotten, even by those who were once the greatest proficients in it. " We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit,...words till death. Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind : A poet the first day he dips his quill ; And what...

...of lore so speedily to be forgotten, even by those who were once the greatest proficients in it. " We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit,...breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. Whnte'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind : A poet the first...

...youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, 155 As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply...breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. 160 Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind : A poet the...

...youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Blind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath : And keep...

...°, youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know as they commence, As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply...chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath p ; And keep them in the pale of words till death. Whate'er the talents, or howe'er desgn'd, We hang...

...learning, youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know as they commence, As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply...breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death." And again (v. 249) the result of this system of training is acknowledged by the author, who thus describes...

...We never surfer it to stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, As fancy open^the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load...breath ; And keep them in the pale of words till death 160 Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind : • A poet...

...might have gained high intellectual distinction, but who had sunk into lawyers and politicians : — "We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel...words till death. . Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind ; A poet the first day he dips his quill ; And what...

...to guide,22 We never suffer it to stand too wide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, 155 As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Blind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath;-3 And keep...

...youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too M'ide. To ask, to guess, to know, as they commence, As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply...breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death. ieo Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, \ We hang one jingling padlock on the mind : 1 ' The...