Question

Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited’glee,
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:
Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd:
Yet he was kind; or if severe in aught®,
The love he bore to learning was in fault.
The village all declar'd how much he knew;​

Answer 1

Answer:

the love he bore to learning was in fault