Word: blest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Peace to all such! but were there One whose fires 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 brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault...
...Blest be the men who lend a willing hand...
...Blest be its members whom its laws command...
...Blest be the Muses who uprear'd this band...
...marching columns as the Nationalists reinforced their Manchuria garrisons. He feared that one side or the other might attempt to blow up his dikes in order to pin the blame on the opposition. But if he won his race, millions would live to bless Oliver Todd as millions had blest old Emperor Yu, who tamed the Yellow River (temporarily) 4243 years ago, in China's Golden...