Mediocribus
esse poetis
Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.
Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.
Byron
"--Hazlitt's _My
First Acquaintance with Poets_; _The Liberal_, 1823, ii. 23, 46. ]
[551] [Compare the attitude of Minos to the "poet" in Fielding's
_Journey from This World to the Next_: "The poet answered, he believed
if Minos had read his works he would set a higher value on them. [The
poet had begged for admittance to Elysium on the score of his 'dramatic
works. ' Minos dismissed the plea, but relented on being informed that he
had once lent the whole profits of a benefit-night to a friend. ] He was
then beginning to repeat, but Minos pushed him forward, and turning his
back to him, applied himself to the next passengers. "--_Novelist's
Magazine_, 1783, vol. xii. cap. vii. p. 17. ]
[552]
[" . . .
Mediocribus esse poetis
Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae. "
Horace, _Ars Poetica_, lines 372, 373. ]
[553] {519}[For the King's habit of duplicating his phrases, compare--
"Whitbread, is't true? I hear, I hear
You're of an ancient family renowned.
What? what? I'm told that you're a limb
Of Pym, the famous fellow Pym:
What, Whitbread, is it true what people say?
Son of a Roundhead are you? hae? hae? hae?
* * * * *
Thirtieth of January don't you _feed_?
Yes, yes, you eat Calf's head, you eat Calf's head. "
_Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat_, Peter Pindar's
_Works_, 1812, i. 493. ]
[554] [For Henry James Pye (1745-1813), see _English Bards, etc.
First Acquaintance with Poets_; _The Liberal_, 1823, ii. 23, 46. ]
[551] [Compare the attitude of Minos to the "poet" in Fielding's
_Journey from This World to the Next_: "The poet answered, he believed
if Minos had read his works he would set a higher value on them. [The
poet had begged for admittance to Elysium on the score of his 'dramatic
works. ' Minos dismissed the plea, but relented on being informed that he
had once lent the whole profits of a benefit-night to a friend. ] He was
then beginning to repeat, but Minos pushed him forward, and turning his
back to him, applied himself to the next passengers. "--_Novelist's
Magazine_, 1783, vol. xii. cap. vii. p. 17. ]
[552]
[" . . .
Mediocribus esse poetis
Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae. "
Horace, _Ars Poetica_, lines 372, 373. ]
[553] {519}[For the King's habit of duplicating his phrases, compare--
"Whitbread, is't true? I hear, I hear
You're of an ancient family renowned.
What? what? I'm told that you're a limb
Of Pym, the famous fellow Pym:
What, Whitbread, is it true what people say?
Son of a Roundhead are you? hae? hae? hae?
* * * * *
Thirtieth of January don't you _feed_?
Yes, yes, you eat Calf's head, you eat Calf's head. "
_Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat_, Peter Pindar's
_Works_, 1812, i. 493. ]
[554] [For Henry James Pye (1745-1813), see _English Bards, etc.
