 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 страници
...resistless day. Trust not yourself ; but, your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend->-and ev'ry foe. 3. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of aits, While, fromthe bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 страници
...So in tb' ear'a labyrinth the roice doth stray, And doth with easy motion tonch the brain. tiaciti. Fir'd at first sight with what the muse imparts In fearless youth we tempt the height of arts While from the bounded level uf our mind * Short views we take, nor see the lengths... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 страници
...not the pleasures of Knowledge, but of ignorance. — A little learning is a dang'rous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow...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 behind ; But more... | |
 | 1822 - 284 страници
...defects to know, Make use of every friend—and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 страници
...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 behind; But more... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 страници
...resistless day. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend — and ev'ry foe. 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,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 страници
...defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. " A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In ev'ry... | |
 | Martin MACDERMOT, Martin M'Dermot - 1823 - 434 страници
...our little circle of information is mingled with error. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely sobers us again. If, then, the elements of beauty or ugliness, in any object,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 страници
...to know, Make use of every friend — and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing! Drink im as the borrow'd While, from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor eee the lengths behind ; But more... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1824 - 876 страници
...occasion of my saying, " A little learning is a dangerous thing," To which I will now subjoin, " Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring ; There shallow...the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again." POPE. Mr. Locke says, " There are not so many men in errors, and uTong opinions, as is commonly supposed.... | |
| |
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. 
