 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1851 - 628 pages
...to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink — my parents' or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, t lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came ; I left no...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The muse but served to ease some friend, not wiftt To help me through this long disease, my life... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ' what sin to me unknown J 3pu *Xu * @u * ; The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease, my life... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 980 pages
...numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife,...Arbuthnot ! thy art and care, And teach the being you preserv'd to bear. But why then publish 1 Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago."17 Why did I write? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet...to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. " In the MS.— " For song, for silence some expect a bribe : And others roar aloud, " Subscribe, subscribe!... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago." 17 Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a...to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 15 In the MS — " For song, for silence some expect a bribe : And others roar aloud, " Subscribe,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed : The Muse but served to ease some friend, not \vi' To help me through this long disease, my life, To...Arbuthnot! thy art and care, And teach the being you prese' vd to bear. THOMSON. FROM "THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE." (N lonely dale, fast by a river's side,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...crooked. J Hli mother WH ranch afflicted with b«hdaettm Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. iso The Muse but served to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease, my life,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...h«*J«ciict Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own 1 As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. iso The Muse but served to ease some friend, not "wife, To help me through this long disease, my life,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...came : I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed : The muse but served to ease some friend, no.t wife — To help me through...Arbuthnot! thy art and care, And teach the being you preserved to bear. But why then publish ? Granville, the polite. And knowing Walsh, would tell me I... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...serious, and delights the gay ; Shows fame's proud fane, and leads himself the way. — JBIoefctf. As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease, my life.—... | |
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And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.... 
