 Not mine, not mine (O muse forbid) the boon Of borrowed notes, the mock-bird's modish tune, The jingling medley of purloined conceits, Out-babying Wordsworth and out-glittering Keats ; Where all the airs of patchwork pastoral chime To drown the ears in...  The History of "Punch" - Page 344by Marion Harry Spielmann - 1895 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
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...TIMON ' (8th 8. iii. 328).— In answer to TANO JB PUVS, I send the lines : — Not mine, not mine (O Muse forbid !) the boon Of borrowed notes, the mock-bird's modish tune, The jingling medley of purloin'd conceits, Out babying Wordsworth, and out glittering Keates [lie] Where all the airs of patchwork-pastoral... | |
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