 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
 | Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1901 - 494 pages
...there was something higher and nobler in which they excelled. " Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught," is the exclamation, almost despairing, which he makes in the remarkable epistle to Congreve, upon the... | |
 | Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1901 - 510 pages
...there was something higher and nobler in which they excelled. " Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught," is the exclamation, almost despairing, which he makes in the remarkable epistle to Congreve, upon the... | |
 | William Congreve - 1903 - 540 pages
...between,) Higli 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1904 - 762 pages
...there, Not mine — that's little — but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise matle ; 55 That early promise this has more than paid. So bold,...That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, ana action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. 60 This is... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1905 - 524 pages
...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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...High on the throne of wit; and, seated there, Not mine — that 'a little — but thy laurel wear. ination is seen in the invention, the fertility in the yon dare, That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought;... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1910 - 524 pages
...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...you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. TimO) place, and ai'timi'may with pajjjs_be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught.... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...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. 60 This is your portion, this your... | |
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