Possible Clues:

• ''. . . would thou hadst ___ been born'' (''Othello'')
• At no time (literary)
• ''...and ___ the twain shall meet''
• -- -do-well (loafer)
• Might the South not ever be contemptuous over this? (2'2)
• Is five missing from this? Never!
• Poet's ''at no time''
• At no time disheartened by poets
• Not ever so short (2'2)
• Literary adverb