...Good Night ;" and for a much longer term, to ascertain the writer of Chevy Chase, of which Ben Jonaon used to say, he had rather have been the author of it, than of all his works. The words of Sir Philip Sidney, in his Discourse on Poetry, are quoted, by Addison, in No. 70 of the...

...Good Night ;" and for a much longer term, to ascertain the writer of Chevy Chase, of which Ben Jonson used to say, he had rather have been the author of it, than of all his works. The words of Sir Philip Sidney, in his Discourse on Poetry, are quoted, by Addison, in No. 70 of the...

...spirit of Sir Philip Sydney, and of which, in a well-known passage of his ' Defence of Poesy,' he said, "I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet."* These antiquated poems supply illustration of the story and character...

...Chevy Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England ; and Ben Jonson used to say that he had rather have been the author of it than of all bis works." The remark it Addition's, but his commentary, in the " Spectator," refers to a later composition,...

...of the olden time is even now the effort of good, great, and wise men. Sir Philip Sidney wrote,— "I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice...

...heavens, in singing the lauds of the immortal God ? Certainly, I must confess mine own barbarousness ; I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas,* that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice...

...praise, the reward of virtue, to virtuous acts. " Certainly, I must confess mine own barbarousness; I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet : and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder. with no rougher voice...

...Chevy-Chase is the fa vourite ballad of the common people of England, and Ben Jonson used to say, he lad rather have been the author of it than of all his...discourse of poetry, speaks of it in the following words: 6 1 never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a...

...antique spirit of the poem. ' Certainly,' says Sir Philip Sydney, ' I must confess my own barbarousness : I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet ; and yet is sung but by some blind crowder,* with no rougher voice...

...poem, which is still one of the most popular in the English language. Ben Jonson used to say, that he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works; Sir Philip Sydney declared that he " never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that he found not his heart...