 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,...  Life of the author [signed I.K.] Elfrid. Walking statue. Rinaldo. Fatal ... - Page xivby Aaron Hill - 1760Full view - About this book
 | Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - Poets, English - 1753 - 418 pages
...While every meaner art exerts her aim, O'er rival arts, to lift her queftion'd fame ; Let half-foul'd poets ftill on poets fall, And teach .the willing...rights of rank forego, And turn, and fnarl, and bite, at every foe. No — like thy own Ulyfles, make no ftay : Shun monfters — and purfue thy ftreamy... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...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...rights of rank forego, And turn, and fnarl, and bite, at every foe. No — like thy own Ulyfles, make no ftay : Shun monfters — and purfue thy ftreamy... | |
 | Aaron Hill - Acting - 1753 - 426 pages
...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 - 460 pages
...While every meaner art exerts her aim, O'er rival arts, to lift her queftion'd fame ; Let half-foul'd Poets ftill on Poets fall, And teach the willing world...rights of rank forego, And turn, and fnarl, and bite, at every foe. No, — like thy own Ulyfies, make no ftay, Shun monfters — and purfue thy ftreamy... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 512 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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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