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" There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come... "
American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson - Page 348
edited by - 1892 - 453 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 89

1866 - 924 pages
...charming and witty poem, " A Fable for Critics," he makes Apollo say : — " There's Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb, With a whole bale of...rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulderd, But he can't with that bundle he ha? on his shoulders. The top of the hill he will ne'er...
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The Living Age, Volume 191

1891 - 850 pages
...In the " Fable for Critics," written when he was nine-and-tweoty he says : — There's Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb, With a whole bale of...rhyme ; He might get on alone, spite of brambles and ooulders, But be can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders. The top of the hill he will ne'er...
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 101

1854 - 524 pages
...— " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of úms tied together in rhyme ; He might get on alone, spite of brambles and...lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 101

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1854 - 520 pages
...whole bale of ism* tied together in rhyme ; He might get on alone, spite of brambles and bonlders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders...lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 32

1854 - 604 pages
...who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of ismi tied together in rhyme ; He might get oii alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders ; The lop of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and...
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Reader! Walk Up at Once (it Will Soon be Too Late) and Buy at a Perfectly ...

James Russell Lowell - 1856 - 112 pages
...that nobody knows What to do but e'en join in the laugh, friends and foes. " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms...come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'tvvixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather...
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Hand-book of American literature, historical, biographical, and critical [by ...

Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...author seems to be fully conscious of his errors, for he says of himself — ' There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme : ss * The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing...
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Fable for critics. Bigelow papers. Unhappy lot of Mr. Knott. An oriental ...

James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 328 pages
...you doubt if the toes That are trodden upon are your own or your foes'. • " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms...lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drunl of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, " There...
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The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...: Complete in Two Volumes, Volume 2

James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 330 pages
...doubt if the toes That are trodden upon are your own or your lyric foes'. " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms...The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singiirg...
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Reader! Walk Up at Once (it Will Soon be Too Late) and Buy at a Perfectly ...

James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 102 pages
...that nobody knows What to do but e'en join in the laugh, friends and foes. " There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms...he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, "he top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing...
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