 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 406 pages
...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, but mild Anagram....display and altars raise, And torture one poor word one thousand ways ; Or, if thou would thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 408 pages
...felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls tbee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram....display and altars raise, And torture one poor word one thousand ways; Or, if thou would thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 406 pages
...does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thcc not to purchase fame In keen Iambies, but mild Anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose...display and altars raise, And torture one poor word one thousand ways ; Or, if thou would thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 410 pages
...and dtei. Thy genius calls thec not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave uniting plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province...display and altars raise, And torture one poor word one thousand ways ; Or, If thou would thy different talent) suit. Set thy own songs, and sing them... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 554 pages
...fruitless industry. Let Virtuosos in five years be writ, Yet not one thought accuse thy toil of wit. . . . Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some...torture one poor word ten thousand ways. Or, if thou would'st thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute." He said : but his... | |
 | 1899 - 816 pages
...Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. 205 Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command, Some...torture one poor word ten thousand ways; Or, if thou wouldst thy different talents suit, 210 Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute." He said: but... | |
 | George deF. Lord - 1963 - 608 pages
...In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It 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 for thy command »5 Some peaceful province in acrostic land; There thou may'st wings display and altars raise, And... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1904 - 672 pages
...him in mind when he consigned Shadwell to that 'peaceful province in Acrostic-land ' where he might 'wings display and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways.' • Herbert is no word-torturer, in Dryden's sense, but he must be held to have wasted a good deal... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...thy felonious heart though venom lies. It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild...torture one poor word ten thousand ways. Or, if thou would'st thy diffrent talents suit. Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute." 210 He said: but... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1995 - 420 pages
...writing Plays, and chuse for thy command Some peaceful 1 Province in Acrostick Land. There thou maist wings display, and Altars raise, And torture one poor word Ten thousand ways. Or if thou would 'st thy diff 'rent talents suit, Set thy own Songs, and sing them to thy lute. 31. WILLIAM WINSTANLEY, FROM... | |
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In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It 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 for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land.... 
