...wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made; 55 That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise...action may with pains be wrought, But genius must Ix: born, and never can be taught. 60 This is your portion, this your native store : Heaven, that but...

...dedicated the ' ' Iliad " to the author of these lines — and Dryden wrote to him in his great hand : " Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born and never can be taught. This is your portion, this your native store ; Heaven, that but once...

...wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made ; That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise...action, may with pains be wrought ; But genius must be born, and never can be taught, eo This is your portion ; this your native store ; Heaven, that but...

...wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made, That early promise this has more than paid ; So bold, vain rash fop, by huffing so, Think to obtain the...; But we, the actors, humbly will submit, Now, and Hut genius must be bom, and never can be taught. This is your portion, this your native store ; Heaven,...

...wear. Thy firnt attempt an early promise made, That early promise '.his has more than paid ; So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise...Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought, Hut genius must be born, and never can be taught. This ie your portion, this your native store ; Hearen,...

...give the scandal, and the wise discern, Their glosses teach an age too apt to learn. DRYDEN. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. DRYDEN. He match'd their beauties where they most excel ; Of love sung better, and of arms as well....

...wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made, That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, never knew what belonged to coachmen, footmen, nor pages, But kept t 1 Richard Flecknoe, an Irish Roman Catholic priest, and a wellknown poetaster and dramatist, who died...

...Irenes with pain, The mouth with blasphemy, the heart with woe. Cmvper. 1453. GENIUS : a gift of nature. TIME, place, and action may with pains be wrought. But genius must be born, and never can be taught. Drydtn. A happy genius is the gift of nature. — £hydm. 1454. GENIUS....

...repair ! Robert Buchanan. HOw sweet it is to live ! What joy to see the sunne ! iienry More. July 9th. TIME, place, and action, may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born : and never can be taught, DryJen. FOR all who toil at honest fame, A proud, a pure, a deathless...

...give the scandal, and the wise discern, Their glosses teach an age too apt to learn. DRYDEN. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. DRYUEN. He match'd their beauties where they most excel; Of love sung better, and of arms as well....