 A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts. In fearless youth we tempt the heights...  Harry and Lucy: With Other Tales ... - Strona 199autor: Maria Edgeworth - 1836Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - Liczba stron: 458
...Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts ; While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - Liczba stron: 330
...surrounding a basket which had been set upon the ground, and impeded the regular growth of the plant. Tired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the length behind;... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - Liczba stron: 772
...****** Even copious Dryden wanted, or forgot, The last and greatest art, the art to blot. Tope. Tir'd at first sight, with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the length behind;... | |
 | Edward J. Hallock - 1854 - Liczba stron: 260
...spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain ; And drinking largely sobers us again. 3. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - Liczba stron: 316
...same doom Youth, beauty, flower, alike consigns to swift decay ! PICKERING. THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE. FIRED at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth, we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - Liczba stron: 800
...Pierian spring: Tliere shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts, While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views wo take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - Liczba stron: 474
...Attained. I-evel. Scene and seen. Tempt. Prospect. Towering. Rise and i ice. Advanced. Tread and thread. FIRED at first sight, with what the muse imparts. In fearless youth, we tempt the heights of arts, While from the hounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - Liczba stron: 352
...Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, 220 While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - Liczba stron: 512
...Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again, Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - Liczba stron: 624
...abused. When learning has ineurr'da fearful damp Te save our oil, 't is good to fmeneh the lamp. Tir'd at first sight, with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arta, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the length behind... | |
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