 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,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ... - Page 125by Alexander Pope - 1830 - 442 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 694 pages
...; 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...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; * Spence's Anec. p. 149. Singer's ed. Alike reserved... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...Bless'd 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...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: rest, I go. Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow v Thou, caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teach... | |
 | Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 474 pages
...brother near the throne, View whim with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, aud hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, 205 A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, 205 A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...they View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And...rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, 205 A timorous... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...Bless'd 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...rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
.... And born to write, converse, and lire with ease ; ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, i >Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne,...rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And bom to write, converse, and live with ease ; give p !, strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous... | |
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