 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 ... - Page 383by John Aikin - 1843 - 807 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 280 pages
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 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...admirable lines— o " were there one whose 6 res 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... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Slavery - 1851 - 54 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1851 - 348 pages
...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 - Readers - 1851 - 442 pages
...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... | |
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