...wish, for the defence, the crime their own. ' Now private pity strove with puhlick hate, ON COWLET. ' To him no author was unknown, * Yet what he wrote was all his own ; . , • Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, ' He did not steal, hut emulate : ' And, when he would...

...slower Nature got the start ; But both in him so equal are, Norn- knows which bears the happier share. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...own: He melted not the ancient gold, 'Nor, with Ben Jonsou, did make bold To plunder all the Roman stores Of poets and of orators. Horace's wit and Virgil's...

...own. Now private pity strove with publick hate, Iteason with rage, and eloquence with fate. On Cowley. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own : Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would like them 'appear,...

...Sir John Denham alludes to this excellence in some very beautiful lines ' on the death of Cowley.' ' To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote, was all his own, &c. —Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate : • And when like them he...

...Sir John Denham alludes to this excellence in some very beautiful lines ' on the death of Cowley.' ' To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote, was all his own, &c. — Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate : And when like them he would...

...Sir John Denham alludes to this excellence in some very beautiful lines "on the death of Cowley." " To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote, was all his own, &o. — Horace's wit, and Virgil's slate, He did not steal, but emulate : And when like them he would...

...Now private pity strove with public hate, " Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate." On Cowley. " To him no author was unknown, " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; *' Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when he would like...

...Now private pity strove with public hate, " Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate." On Cowley. " To him no author was unknown, " Yet what he wrote was all his own ; " Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when he would like them...

...Now private pity strove with public hate, " Reason with rage, and eloquence with &te." On Cowley. " To him no author was unknown ; " Yet what he wrote was all his own : " Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when hi- would like...

...own. Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. On Cowley. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, . . . j •. He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would...