Their gods ridiculous, and themselves past shame. Remove their swelling epithets, thick laid As varnish on a harlot's cheek, the rest, Thin sown with aught of profit or delight, Will far be found unworthy to compare With Sion's songs, to all true tastes... The English Journal of Education - Page 3201847Full view - About this book
| Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...Remove their swelling Epithetes thick laid As varnish on a Harlots cheek, the rest, Thin sown with aught of profit or delight, Will far be found unworthy to compare With Sion's songs, to all true tasts excelling, Where God is prais'd aright, and Godlike men, The Holiest of Holies, and his Saints;... | |
| Leonard Mustazza - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 188 pages
...of this aside remains mysterious. rests on the surface. It is all show and no substance: Remove thir swelling Epithets thick laid As varnish on a Harlot's cheek, the rest, Thin sown with aught of profit or delight Will far be found unworthy to compare With Sion's songs. . . . (4.343-47)... | |
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