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
| Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago6. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown 175 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame7, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came8. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke,... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1870 - 628 pages
...And his associates were no common men. Pope, addressing him as "the friend of his life," says:— " Why did I write? what sin, to me unknown, Dipp'd me...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 - 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,... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1872 - 168 pages
...let me know Great 'Homer dy'd 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. 130 The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me thro' this long disease, my life,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 pages
...let me know Great Homer dy'd 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. 130 The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me thro' this long disease, my life,... | |
| Joanna M. Glass - Adultery - 1979 - 68 pages
...unknown Dipped me in ink, my parent's, or my 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, my... | |
| Gregor von Rezzori - Fiction - 1988 - 684 pages
...Surrealismo) I confini della mia lingua significano i confini del mio mondo. (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Diari) Why did I write? What sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink? My parents' or my own? (Alexander Pope) II timore è un deliquio femminile in cui la libertà perde conoscenza; in termini... | |
| Madeleine Kahn - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 188 pages
...that his own poetic gift is a similarly ambiguous thing: Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my Parents' or my own? As yet a Child, nor yet a Fool to Fame, I lispt in Numbers, for the Numbers came. I left no Calling for this idle trade, No Duty broke, no Father... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...pride that licks the dust. AWP; ChTr; InPS; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OAEL-1; OBSV; OxBoLi; PoE; PoEL-3; SCV 13 W; FaBoBe: FaBoRV; FPL; HAP; InPK; NAEL-2; NOBE; NoP;...WGRP; WiR; WPE What Are Heavy? 30 What are heavy? 14 The Muse but served to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease, my life;... | |
| Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...his head:' And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Dipped me in ink, my parents', or my 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... | |
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