O may some spark of your celestial fire, The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, (That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights; Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes,) To teach vain wits a science little known, T' admire superior sense,... The Works of Lord Byron - Page 495by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1900Full view - About this book
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...world in. general, and literary men in particular, I have still some doubts whether I shall be enabled, "To teach vain wits a science little known, 1" admire superior sense, and doubt their own." It has often, to me, appeared wonderful to see certain men, furiously nnd dogmatically maintaining... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...yet be found ! O may some spark of your celestial fire The last, the meanest, of your sons inspire, (That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights,...writes) To teach vain wits a science little known, To admire superior sense, and doubt their own ! PART II. OF all the causes which conspire to blind... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...fire, The last, the meanest of your sous inspire, (That, on weak wings, from far pursues your nights ; Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes), To teach vain wits a science little known, Т admire superior sense, and doubt their own 1 200 PART II. Canses hindering a truejudgraent. 1. Pride,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...yet be found ! Oh may some spark of your celestial fire, The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, (That on weak wings, from far pursues your flights...writes), To teach vain wits a science little known, T* admire superior sense, and doubt their own !" I thought "foppery" was a consequence of refinement;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...be found ! O, may some spark of your celestial fire, 195 The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights...writes ; To teach vain wits a science little known ; To admire superior sense, and doubt their own ! 200 n. Of all the causes which conspire to blind... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pages
...yet be found ! 0 fnay some spark of your celestial fire, The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, (That, on weak wings, from far pursues your flights...Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes,) j To teach vain wits a science little known, To admire superior sense, and doubt their own ! 200 PART... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...last, the meanest of your sons inspire, ¡That, on weak wings, from far pursues your flights ; (¿lows while he reads, but trembles as he writes,) To teach vain wits a science little known, To admire superior sense, and doubt their own ! 200 PABT II. Causea hindering a true judgment. I. Pride,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...fire, The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, (That on weak wings,from far.pursuesyourflights ; Self-love still stronger, as its objects nigh ; Reason's at distance, and in prospect lie : To admire superior sense, and doubt their own ! п. OP all the causes which conspire to blind Man's... | |
| Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 884 pages
...fire, The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, (That on weak wings, from fur, pursues your (lights; Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes) To teach vain Wits a science little known, T'admire superior sense, and doubt their own! Encobre a sua força; e mesmo ás vezes, Por mais dissimular,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...yet be found ! Oh ! may some spark of your celestial fire The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights...writes ; To teach vain wits a science little known, To admire superior sense, and doubt their own ! IMPEDIMENTS TO THE ATTAINMENT OF JCST TASTE. Or all... | |
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