 Let half-soul'd poets still on poets fall, And teach the willing world to scorn them all. But, let no Muse, pre-eminent as thine, Of voice melodious, and of force divine, Stung by wits, wasps, all rights of rank forego, And turn, and snarl, and bite,...  Works - Seite xvivon Aaron Hill - 1760Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - 1753 - 418 Seiten
...of wit's heav'n ! for thee ! Let vulgar genii, four'd by fharp difdain, riqu'd and malignant, words low war maintain, While every meaner art exerts her...fnarl, and bite, at every foe. No — like thy own Ulyfles, make no ftay : Shun monfters — and purfue thy ftreamy way. In 1731 he brought his Tragedy... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 Seiten
...meaner art exerts her aim, O'er rival arts, to lift her queftion'd fame ; Let half-foul'd poets Hill on poets fall, And teach the willing world to fcorn...fnarl, and bite, at every foe. No — like thy own Ulyfles, make no ftay : Shun monfters — and purfue thy ftreamy way. In 1731 he brought his Tragedy... | |
 | Aaron Hill - 1753 - 426 Seiten
...queftion'd fame, Let half-foul'd/o^, ftill, on poets fall, And teach the willing world to fcorn them ali. But, let no mufe, pre-eminent as thine, Of voice melodious, and of force divine, Stung, by wit's wafps, all rights of rank forego, And turn, and fnarl, and bite, at every foe. No — like thy... | |
 | Aaron Hill - 1760 - 466 Seiten
..."While every meaner art exerts her aim, O'er rival arts, to lift her queftion'd fame ; Let halt-foul'd Poets ftill on Poets fall, And teach the willing world...rights of rank forego, And turn, and fnarl, and bite, it every fee. No, — like thy own UlyiTes, make no flay, Shun monfters — and purfue thy ftreamy... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 512 Seiten
...half-soul'd poets still on poets fall, And teach the willing world to scorn them all ; But let no muse, pre-eminent as thine, Of voice melodious, and of force divine, Stung by wit's wasps, all rights of rank forego, And turn, and snarl, and bite, at every foe — — No ; like... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 510 Seiten
...half-soul'd poets still on poets fall, And teach the willing world to scorn them all ; But let no muse, pre-eminent as thine, Of voice melodious, and of force divine, Stung by wit's wasps, all rights of rank forego, And turn, and snarl, and bite, at every foe — — No ; like... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 452 Seiten
...half-soul'd poets still on poets fall, And teach the willing world to scorn them all ; But let no muse, pre-eminent as thine, Of voice melodious, and of force divine, Stung by wit's wasps, all rights of rank forego, And turn, and snarl, and bite, at every foe — — No ; like... | |
 | Dorothy Brewster - 1913 - 334 Seiten
...archangel of wit's heaven, for thee." Half-souled poets may fall foul of one another: " But let no muse pre-eminent as thine, Of voice melodious and of force divine, Stung, by wit's wasps, all rights of rank forego, And turn to snarl and bite at every foe." A few lines refer... | |
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