...graceful conceit, in his sonnet on Walton's lines — " There are'no colours in the fairest sky As fair as these : the feather whence the pen Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropt from an angers wing " — than the following : " whose noble praise Deserves a quill pluckt from...

...OF MR. GEORGE HERBERT 64 THE LIFE OF DR. ROBERT SANDERSON 85 Tnr»t ire no colonrs in the uireif iky So fair as these. The feather whence the pen Was shaped that traced the liven of those good men, Drop|ie<l from »n »ngel's wine. With tnoi«teneJ eve M с read of faith...

...through his soul, — "that he may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." V. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES. THERE are no colors in the fairest sky So fair...purest charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble Citizen : O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die ! Methinks their...

...Donne, and Herbert, exhibit him in a highly favourable light as n biographer. Wordsworth says of them, The feather whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of the** good men Dropped from an angel's wing. • At a very advanced age Walton published, under the...

...as a memorial. I refer to Izaak Walton's Lives, of which the poet has said : "There are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lines of these good men Dropped from an angel's wing."* Passing to the imaginative side of our literature,...

...as a memorial. I refer to Izaak Walton's Lives, of which the poet has said : "There are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lines of these good men Dropped from an angel's wing."* Passing to the imaginative side of our literature,...

...all that mighty heart is lying still ! Ecclesiastical Sonnets. Part iii. v. Walton's Book of Lives. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced...lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing. Meek Walton's heavenly memory. The Tables Turned. Up ! up ! my Friend, and quit your books, Or surely...

...of the work. At the repast given by the old man to Dorrington, the health of George III. was drunk ; and an eulogium passed upon his character, to which...purest Charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble citizen ; O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die ! Hethinks their...

...a want of simplicity, and a want of exact truth and fidelity of imagination. XIII. ; There are 210 colors in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather...traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel'a wing. With moistened eye We read of faith and purest Charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble...

...WALTON'S LIVES. These mere honourable men in their generations. — Ecclus. xliv. 7There are no colours in the fairest sky, So fair as these: the feather...Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Droptjrom an angel's wing : with moistened eye, We read of faith, and purest charity, In statesman,...