...deem'd him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. xvn. But why should I his childish feats display 1 Concourse, and noise, and toil, he ever fled ; Nor...his footsteps led ; There would he wander wild, till Phccbus' beam, Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. Th' exploit of strength, dexterity,...

...be apt to retire from the active sports of his mates. Beattie paints himself in hia own Minstrel : Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled, Nor cared...fray Of squabbling imps ; but to the forest sped. Bossnet would not join his young companions, and flew to his solitary task, while the classical boys...

...Beattie paints himself in his own Minstrel : Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled, Nor eared to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps ; but to the forest aped. Bossuet would not join his young companions, and flew to his solitary task, while the classical...

...deem'd him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad 17 But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse and noise and toil he ever fled; Nor cared...his footsteps led, There would he wander wild, till Phoebus' beam, 18 Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring....

...But why should I his childish feats display ? Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled; Nor car'd to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps,...his footsteps led, There would he wander wild, till Phoebus' beam, Shot from the western cliff, releas'd the weary team. Th' exploit of strength, dexterity,...

...But why should I his childish feats display? Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled; Nor car'd to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps,...at large the lonely mountain's head; Or, where the ma1e of some be'vilder'd stream To deep untrodden groves his footsteps led, There would he wander wild,...

...imaginative boyhood when, like Seattle's ' Edwin,' though for reasons of health, rather than of feeling — Concourse and noise and toil he ever fled, Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray — he may have thought himself to be not unlike that hero of his favourite poem. The excitement with...

...support of this common notion, D' Israeli quotes Beattie, who thus describes his ideal minstrel — Concourse and noise and toil he ever fled, Nor cared...clamorous fray Of squabbling imps, but to the forest sped. But experience only too frequently shows the contrary to be the case. Thus the Duke of * See D'Israeli's...

...But why should I his childish feaU display! Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled; Nor car'd to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps,...to the forest sped, Or roam'd at large the lonely moontain's head ; Or, where the maze of some bewilder J stream To deep untrodden groves his footsteps...

...scenery until he becomes " itinerant poet and musician." As a lad his chief pleasure was to follow " Where the maze of some bewilder'd stream To deep untrodden groves his footsteps led." He loved to climb craggy cliffs " When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure!...