Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic Muse gives smiles ; thy Comic, sleep. With whate'er gall thou sett'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite. In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen,... The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 440by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
| British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...tympany of sense, A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou 'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic...does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and choose... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...tympany of sense ; A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, . But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic...does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and choose... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. nd weave the woof, Tne winding-sheet of Edward's race:...with affright [ring, The shrieks of death, through calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambies, but mild anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly ereep ; Thy tragie Muse gives smiles, thy eomie gti ; K # o { +x " a * L % d E /` T 7A\ i |H+{ tq G M ?...Å+ Gৡz$)li ; #V1 Yw k B 2 ` (1 m u { a g1 Υ toueh thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius ealls thee not to purehase fame In keen iambies, but mild... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...tympony of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou Vt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...Thy inoffensive satires never bite. In thy felonious art though venom lies, It does but touch ihy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...How I have loved, excuse my faltering tongue ; My spirits feeble, and my pains are strong. Drydrn. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep. Thy tragic muse gives smiles, thy comick sleep. U. Rhyme is a crutch that helps the weak along. Supports the feeble, but retards the... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ ; But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. ly calls thce not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose... | |
| 1845 - 824 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic...lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genins calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and... | |
| 1845 - 812 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic...lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genins calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambies, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and... | |
| 1845 - 814 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic Muse gives smiles, thy Comic sleep. With whate'cr gall thou sett'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite. In thy felonious heart... | |
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