Lewesdon Hill, with other poems By the Rev. William Crowe ... a corrected and much enlarged edition, with notes |
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ON TWO ENGLISH POETS,
WHO FLOURISHED IN THE FORMER HALF OF THE LAST CENTURY, AND PUBLISHED COMPLIMENTARY VERSES ON EACH OTHER.
Edward, thy Ode's too long by half,
Stephen's Reply might spare a quarter:
Now, in my judgment, Stephen's song
Is as much better, as 'tis shorter.
Stephen's Reply might spare a quarter:
Now, in my judgment, Stephen's song
Is as much better, as 'tis shorter.
Edward declares, though Milton's lines
Rise to an unexampled height,
That, in heroics, Stephen shines
Like Milton, and almost as bright.
Rise to an unexampled height,
That, in heroics, Stephen shines
Like Milton, and almost as bright.
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Stephen for quittance makes reply,
That nothing in the world could hinder
(Except his native modesty)
Edward from taking place of Pindar.
That nothing in the world could hinder
(Except his native modesty)
Edward from taking place of Pindar.
Stephen and Edward all this while
Are lying to each other's face;
Edward can do 't in bolder style,
But Stephen with a better grace.
Are lying to each other's face;
Edward can do 't in bolder style,
But Stephen with a better grace.
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