 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1890 - 546 pages
...which occasion the Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Cambridge, gave them the following metrical caution : — " Ye Roxbury poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing to give us very good rhime; And you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen ; But with the text's own words you will them strengthen."... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1887 - 432 pages
...dreary a rendering, that the following reproof might have been to their ears a model of melody : — "Ye Roxbury poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing...your verses lengthen, But with the text's own words vou will them strengthen." The pretty villas, bordering broad winding roads, with flowergardens and... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1891 - 356 pages
...poetry that Mr. Shephard, of Cambridge, on the occasion addressed them to this purpose : You Roxb'ry poets keep clear of the crime Of missing to give us very good rhime. And you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen And with the text's own words, you will them strengthen.... | |
 | Joseph Waddell Clokey - 1896 - 284 pages
...their poetry, that Mr. Shephard, of Cambridge, on the occasion addressed them to this purpose: " You Roxbury Poets keep clear of the crime Of missing to give us a very good rhyme. And you of Dorchester your verses lengthen, And with the text's own word you will... | |
 | 1897 - 800 pages
...very great poetical merit: and Shepard of the Cambridge church wrote some lines about it: You Roxb'ry poets keep clear of the crime Of missing to give us very good rime. And you of Dorchester your verses lengthen But with the text's own words you will them strengthen."... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1899 - 236 pages
...Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester and the Rev. Messrs. Eliot and Welde of Roxbury : — You Roxb'ry poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing to give...verses lengthen But with the text's own words you will them strengthen. Presidents Charles Chauncey and Urian Oakes published a few sermons — the latter... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1899 - 232 pages
...Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester and the Rev. Messrs. Eliot and Welde of Roxbury : — You Roxb'ry poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing to give...you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen But with the test's own words you will them strengthen. Presidents Charles Chauncey and Urian Oakes published a... | |
 | 1905 - 360 pages
...Poetry, that Mr. Shepard of Cambridge, on the Occasion addressed them to this Purpose. " You Roxb'ry Poets, keep clear of the Crime, Of missing to give us very good Rbime. And you of Dorchester, your Verses lengthen, But with the Texts own Words, you will them strengthen.... | |
 | Walter Eliot Thwing - 1908 - 494 pages
...but it did not give perfect satisfaction. Mr. Shepard, of Cambridge, thus addressed the translators: Ye Roxbury poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing...verses lengthen. But with the text's own words you will them strengthen. It was the first book printed in the English-American colonies. The New England Psalms... | |
 | Walter Eliot Thwing - 1908 - 490 pages
...but it did not give perfect satisfaction. Mr. Shepard, of Cambridge, thus addressed the translators : Ye Roxbury poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing...verses lengthen, But with the text's own words you will them strengthen. It was the first book printed in the English- American colonies. The New England Psalms... | |
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You Roxb'ry poets, keep clear of the crime Of missing to give us very good rhime. And you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen, But with the text's own words, you will them strengthen. 
