 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 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...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 217by Alexander Pope - 1807 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 380 pages
...modis Sponte sua carmen numeros veniebat ad aptos Et quod tentabam dieere, versus erat. OvID. TRIST. As yet a child nor yet a fool to fame I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. PoPE. This involuntary tendency to poetry was productive, in the instances before us, of the most happy... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents' or my own 7 As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling...but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease, my life ! To second, Arbuthnot ! thy art and care, And teach the being you... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1845 - 104 pages
...fortune's hands the bonds that held him sever, And make him, changeless doom ! a bard for ever. * " As yet a child, nor yet a fool to Fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came." Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. What trivial things may rouse the dormant wit, And teach our minds the sciences... | |
 | Great Britain - 1846 - 670 pages
...He has said, in his ' Epistle to Arbuthnot :' — " As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came ; , I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed." He told Spence that he had begun writing verses farther back than he could well remember.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...had much, or almost any), is all Pope's own : — " As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came ; I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed ; The muse but served to ease some friend, not wife; To help me through this long disease,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...languishing in bed, " Just so immortal Maro held his head :" 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...shilling. His auditors were chiefly the butchers of Newport Market and Butcher Row. Why did I write 1 what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents',...trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. The Muse but served to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease, my life ; To second, ARBUTHNOT... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...languishing in bed, 'Just so immortal Maro held his head ;' And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did...my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I hsp'd in numbers, for the numbers came ; I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...unknown Dipped me in ink, — my parents', or my own 7 As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came : I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disoheyed : The Muse but served to ease '<ome friend, not To help me through this long Disease, my... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...languishing in bed, " Just so immortal Maro held his head ; And when I die, be sure you let me know s * through this long disease, my life ; To second, Arbuthnot '. thy art and care, And teach, the being... | |
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