 Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk,...  Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ... - Seite 383von John Aikin - 1843 - 807 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 Seiten
...there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and eaeh art to please, And born to write, converse, and live...praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 Seiten
...to all such ! but were there one whose firei True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1851 - 54 Seiten
...Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born...praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 348 Seiten
...Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please. And born...Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, w1thout sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 Seiten
...to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blessed with each talent and each art to please, And born...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 430 Seiten
...Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born...praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | 1852 - 874 Seiten
...Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest he bow'd, As with the force of winds and waters pent,...them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 Seiten
...True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And horn to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such...praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1852 - 498 Seiten
...admirable lines — ' ' were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts thai caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering,... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 450 Seiten
...And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Hear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him...praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and vet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate... | |
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