...Nisus fell upon the slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe1 to thy abundant store What could advancing age have...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. A noble...

...is-needed to do justice to their thoughts. Thus Dryden, in his lines on the death of Oldham, asks : O early ripe, to thy abundant store What could advancing...young — Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue : But Satire needs not those, and Wit may shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. Horace...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. A noble...

...reserves one excellence as unattainable, short of mellow maturity : " What could advancing age have given more ? It might (what Nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue ; But satire needs not these, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged Everybody desires...

...elegiac quickly turns pontifical and patronising, as Dryden suggests that the young poet couldn't scan: What could advancing Age have added more? It might )what Nature never gives the youngj Have taught the numhers of thy native Tongue. But Satyr needs not those, and Wit will shine...

...if at all, only after years of practical experience. The gifted John Oldham never lived to reach it. What could advancing Age have added more? It might...gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native Tongue.-'5 In the preface to the Acneid, Dryden reports having for sometime been gathering materials...

...distance: Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young Friend perform'd and won the Race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing Age have added more?5 In the race between the older Nisus and the young Euryalus at the funeral of Anchises (Aenid...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young friend performed and won the race.* 10 O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue; But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line: A noble...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place,0 While his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe — to thy abundant store What could...gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue.0 But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line:...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing...young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. A noble...