Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1: To Which Is Prefixed a Life of the Author Peace to all such! But were there one whose ft True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no rival near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes And hate for arts that cana'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, Aqd, without sneering, others teach to sneet gi/mg to wetter-j, and yet afraid to strike. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.