 | Alexander Pope - 1896 - 136 pages
...Nile ; finish'd things, one knows not what to call, 'i neir generation's so equivocal ; To tell them would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire.1-^ But you who seek to give and merit fame, ^ And justly bear a critic's noble name, t Be sure... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 284 pages
...insects on the banks of Nile; Unfinish'd things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal; To tell 'em, would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. 2 But you who seek to give and merit fame, 1 Cf. Dryden's Persius, Sat. i. 100 : ' Who would be poets... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 284 pages
...Unfinish'd things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal ; '/..- K , i:i!l~-i' / ^ '. To tell 'em, would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire.2 But you who seek to give and merit fame, 1 Of. Dryden's Persiu*, Sat. L 100 : ' Who would be... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...Nile ; Unfinish'd things, one knows cot what to call, Their generation 's so equivocal; To tell them would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain Wit's, that might a hundred tire. But you who seek to give and merit fame, And justly bear a Critic's noble name, Be sure yourself and your own reach... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pages
...Nile ; Unfinished things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal : To tell them would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. But you, who seek to give and merit fame, And justly bear a critic's noble name, Be sure yourself and your own reach... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1906 - 174 pages
...insects on the banks of Nile; Unfinished things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal: To tell 'em, would a hundred tongues require,...vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. But you who seek to give the merit fame, And justly bear a critic's noble name, Be sure yourself and your own reach... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Catholics - 1906 - 198 pages
...insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinish'd things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal : To tell 'em, would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. 45 But you who seek to give and merit fame, And justly bear a Critic's noble name, Be sure yourself... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1906 - 764 pages
...Nile ; Unfinished things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal : To tell them would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. But you, who seek to give and merit fame, And justly bear a critic's noble name, Be sure yourself and your own reach... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinished things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal : To tell 'em would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. 45 But you who seek to give and merit fame, And justly bear a critic's noble name, Be sure yourself... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 528 pages
...insects on the banks of Nile ; Unfinished things, one knows not what to call, Their generation's so equivocal: To tell 'em would a hundred tongues require, ^> Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. 45 xo But you who seek to give and merit fame, j^ And justly bear a critic's noble name, | Be sure... | |
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em, would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wit's, that might a hundred tire. 45 But you who seek to give and merit fame, And justly bear a Critic's noble name, Be sure yourself and your own reach to know, How far your genius, taste, and learning... 
