| Austin Dobson - 1883 - 272 psl.
...then, forbear The loosely-sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin — strait and terse ; Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style...do thou discard The yielding clay, — consign To Paros marble hard The beauty of thy line ; — Model thy Satyr's face For bronze of Syracuse ; In the... | |
| Austin Dobson - 1883 - 270 psl.
...then, forbear The loosely-sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin—strait and terse ; Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style...of the file. Sculptor, do thou discard The yielding clay,—consign To Paros marble hard The beauty of thy line;— Model thy Satyr's face For bronze of... | |
| Austin Dobson - 1884 - 274 psl.
...then, forbear The loosely-sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin — strait and terse ; Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style...do thou discard The yielding clay, — consign To Paros marble hard The beauty of thy line ;— Model thy Satyr's face For bronze of Syracuse ; In the... | |
| Austin Dobson - 1885 - 270 psl.
...then, forbear The loosely-sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin—strait and terse; Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style...of the file. Sculptor, do thou discard The yielding clay,—consign To Paros marble hard The beauty of thy line j— In the veined agate trace The profile... | |
| 1885 - 470 psl.
...loosely-sandalled verse : Choose rather thou to wear The buskin, straight and terse. 44 Leave to the tyro's hand The limp and shapeless style; See that thy form demand The labor of the file." THE KING'S PICTURE. THE king from the council chamber Came, weary and sore of heart... | |
| Austin Dobson - 1895 - 320 psl.
...then, forbear The loosely-sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin — strait and terse; Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style...do thou discard The yielding clay, — consign To Paros marble hard The beauty of thy line ; — Model thy Satyr's face For bronze of Syracuse ; In the... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 440 psl.
...then, forbear The loosely-sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin — strait and terse ; Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style ; See that thy form demand The labor of the file. Sculptor, do thon discard The yielding clay, — consign To Paros marble hard The... | |
| Austin Dobson - 1898 - 556 psl.
...loosely sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin — strait and terse ; Leave to the tyro's hand The limp and shapeless style , See that thy form...do thou discard The yielding clay, — consign To Paros marble hard The beauty of thy line ; — Model thy Satyr's face For bronze of Syracuse ; In the... | |
| Théophile Gautier - 1903 - 338 psl.
...then, forbear The loosely-sandalled verse, Choose rather thou to wear The buskin — strait and terse; Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style;...do thou discard The yielding clay, — consign To Paros marble hard The beauty of thy line; — Model thy Satyr's face For bronze of Syracuse; In the... | |
| Edward Bliss Reed - 1912 - 638 psl.
...both of his predecessors in the finish of his work. He has taken to heart Gautier's lesson : • " Leave to the tiro's hand The limp and shapeless style; See that thy form demand The labour of the file."1 He has what Herrick called a "terse Muse." In all his wordpictures, not a syllable is wasted... | |
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