human
Under my burden _groan'd_ (Temp. i. 2).
gpt
It is twice _blessed_ (M. of Ven. v. 1) etc.; and then 'gentle' will denote that the blows were open and honourable ones. (See the parallel passage in Tr. and Cress, i. 3.) If this should not satisfy, we might perhaps read _in the gentle-minded_. Pope read 'gentle-_warded_.' 'Cunning' here is skill taken in a good sense, as in
human
May my right-hand forget her _cunning_
gpt
Like to a lonely dragon that his fen Makes feared.
human
Will or _not_ exceed the common, or be caught.
gpt
My first son, Whither wilt thou go?
human
While she, poor hen, fond of no second brood. I have never met with 'first' in the sense of noblest, that given it here by the critics. I would therefore read _fairest_. In Tr. and Cr. we have
gpt
(i. 3);
human
(iii. 1, v. 1);
gpt
More than a wild exposture to each chance.
human
Oh, the gods!
gpt
O Heavens! O Heavens!
human
But your favour is well appeared by your tongue.