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" Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise. "
The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &c - Page 155
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...strains. 405 The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules ; 410 There's nothing blackens like the ink...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 pages
...difdains ; And I'm not us'd to Panegyric ftrains : 405 The Zeal of ' Fools offends at any time, But moft of all, the Zeal of Fools in rhyme. Befides, a fate...That when I aim at praife, they fay m I bite. A vile " Encomium doubly ridicules : 419 There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a ° woful...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires. On receiving from the Right ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...difdains ; And I'm not us'd to Panegyric ftrains : 405 The Zeal of ' Fools offends at any time, But moft of all, the Zeal of Fools in rhyme. Befides, a fate...That when I aim at praife, they fay m I bite. A vile " Encomium doubly ridicules : 410 There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a ° woful...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...difdains ; And I'm not us'd to Panegyric {trains : 405 The Zeal of ' Fools offends at any time, But moft of all, the Zeal of Fools in rhyme. Befides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praiie, they fay '" I bite. A vile " Encomium doubly ridicules : 410 There's nothing blackens like...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...your throne. But verse, alas ! your majesty disdains, And I'm not us'd to panegyric strains : Besides, a fate attends on all I write. That when I aim at praise, they say I bite.|J It * Ver. 29. f Ver. 354. + Ver. 356. § Ver. 376. || Ver. 394. It may be...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 40

John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...strains. 405 The zeal of fools offends at any time, And, most of all, the zeal of fools in rbyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise, they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules: 410 There's nothing blackens like the ink...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...panegyric-strains. The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I hite. A vile encominm doubly ridicules ; There's nothing blackens like the ink of...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...strains. 405 The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I hite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules ; 410 There's nothing blackens like the ink...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...panegyric-strains. The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write,' That when I aim at praise they say I hite. A vile encominm doubly ridicules ; There's nothing blackens like the ink of...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...strains : Tin' zeal of fools ofl'ends nt any time, But must of all the1 zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write ; That, when I aim at praise, they say I bite. A rile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of...
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