 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...  Recollections - Page 10by Samuel Rogers - 1859 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe, And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! hut were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And horn to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...a Tote. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear not ADDISON himself was safe. Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires...please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : * Tibbalds or Theobald,— a critic, who rendered service to literature by many restorations of Shakspeare's... | |
 | 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...converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - English literature - 1849 - 478 pages
...subdued jealousy of other men's glory which drew from Pope those far-famed and admirable limes — " were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, CHAP. xIII.] TRAGEDY OF CATO. 239 And born to write,... | |
 | George William F. Howard (7th earl of Carlisle.) - 1850 - 52 pages
...piece of dissection without believing that it must have touched upon some points of real soreness. " Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires...and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and eaeh art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to... | |
 | 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...converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...circle other suns, What varied beings people every star, May tell why heav'n has made us as we are. 11. Peace 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 to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 318 pages
...were a sufficient reason for weeping, so much we know from the very first. The very first line says, " Peace to all such. But were there one whose fires true genius kindles and fair fame inspires." Thus falls to the ground the whole antithesis of this famous character. We are to change our mood from... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Slavery - 1851 - 54 pages
...piece of dissection without believing that it must have touched upon some points of real soreness. " Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires...converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 306 pages
...were a sufficient reason for weeping, so much we know from the very first. The very first line says, ' Peace to all such. But were there one whose fires true genius kindles and fair fame inspires ? ' Thus falls to the ground the whole antithesis of this famous character. We are to change our mood... | |
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