 Thou shalt be seen (Though with some short parenthesis between) High on the throne of wit; and seated there, Not mine (that's little) but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made; That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 62by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Karl Merz - Music - 1890 - 224 pages
...EXPRESSION, 187-192 CHAPTER XVII. MAXIMS 193-206 vii GENIUS. Time, place and action, may, without pains, be wrought, But genius must be born, .and never can be taught. — DRYDEN. " Epie, to Congreve," Line 59. The Latin word genius, signifies the divine nature which... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...thoughts, and exercising the memory. SoutheyJ BORN, MUST вв. Time, place and action, may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. Dryden. CHARACTERISTICS OP. To carry on the tee.mgs of childhood into the powers of manhood, to combine... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...of the ancients to the last critical review. Here are a few : Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. DRYDEN : Epistle to Congreve. Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man ; Genius does what... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...of the ancients to the last critical review. Here are a few : Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. DKYDHN : Epistle to Congreve. Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man ; Genius does what... | |
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 pages
...there, Not mine — that's little — but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made; 55 That early promise this has more than paid. So bold,...is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. 60 This is your portion, this your... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 478 pages
...there, Not mine — that's little — but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made; 55 That early promise this has more than paid. So bold,...is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. 60 This is your portion, this your... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - English poetry - 1894 - 376 pages
...between) High on the throne of wit, and seated there, Not mine, that's little, but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made; That early...bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least pra1se is to be regular. Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought; But genius must be born,... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 488 pages
...there, Not mine — that's little — but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made ; 55 That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet so judiiiously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 508 pages
...judiciously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. 60 This is your portion, this your native store ; Heaven, that but once was prodigal before, To Shakespeare... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 530 pages
...between, High on the throne of wit, and, seated there, Not mine—that's little—but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made ; That early...is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. This is your portion, this your... | |
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