 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...crooked. J His nother was much '.ffl iclc-J irtt. headache.. "Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 135 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,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...his life, Tells us that Cato dearly loved his wife. POPE. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink? my parents' or my own? As yet a...to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. Exact Racine and Corneille's noble fire Taught us that France had something to admire. POPE.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama (Comedy) - 1876 - 474 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 ? Granville the polite And knowing Walsh would tell me I could... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father dieobey'd ; The Muse hut core. And teach, the being you preserv'd, to bear. But why then publish I Granville the polite, And... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, iny parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me thro' this long disease, my life, To... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 pages
...I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed. 130 The muse but served to ease some friend, not 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...his life, Tells us that Cato dearly loved his wife. POPE. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink? my parents' or my own ? As yet a...to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. Exact Racine and Corneille's noble fire Taught us that France had somcthin-j to admire. POPE.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed : The muse but served to ease some friend, Dot wife ; To help me through this long disease, my life...Arbuthnot ! thy art and care, And teach the being you preserved, to bear. . . . A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; * The Mint in Southwark was a... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,...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,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,...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.... 
