 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
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 406 pages
...when false flowers of rhetoric thon wouldst cull, Trust nature, do not labour to be dull ; , . • Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou sefst thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 410 pages
...when false flowers of rhetoric thou woultUt cull, Tn Kt nature, do not labour to be dull ; . . • Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...Muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gull thou sefst tbyseU to v. ni,/, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 406 pages
...feebly creep ; Thy tragic Jlnsu gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou set'st thyseU to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It docs but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thec not to purchase fame In keen Iambics,... | |
 | 1899 - 816 pages
...143 Thy tragic muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou setst itself to write, 200 Thy inoffensive satires never bite; In thy felonious...does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. 205 Leave writing plays, and choose... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 760 pages
...sense. " A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, 195 " But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. " Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; " Thy...smiles, thy comic sleep. " With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write,_ " Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; 200 " In thy felonious heart though... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1900 - 496 pages
...numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic Muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite; In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It docs but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 504 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy huge bulk is writ, But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 512 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy huge bulk is writ, But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1906 - 326 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...smiles, thy comic, sleep. With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satyrs never bite. In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 528 pages
...tympany of sense. 195 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...With whate'er gall thou sett'st thyself to write, 200 Thy inoffensive satires never bite; In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch... | |
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