 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 7by Alexander Pope - 1851Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...know Great Homer dy'd 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...calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey M ; The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...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...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 - 1822 - 452 pages
...sixth satire of the first book. And Boileau, Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor...to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. in his tenth epistle, has done the same in giving many amusing particulars of his father, family, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...sixth satire of the first book. And Boileau, Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor...to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. NOTES. in his tenth epistle, has done the same in giving many amusing particulars of his father, family,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...Cum caverem reges rt i»irlin, etc. W. All the circumstances of our Author's early life, mentioned in I left no calling for 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 through this long disease, my Life,... | |
 | 1822 - 370 pages
...In verse spontaneous flow'd my native strain, Forced by no sweat or labour of the brain. F. LEWIS. I left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, 1 lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. This... | |
 | William Beloe, Thomas Fanshaw Middleton, William Rowe Lyall, Robert Nares - Books - 1823 - 700 pages
...write nonsense in verse, it is in bis situation the most innocuous mode of venting it. He can have " Left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd." Thus he can afford to dispose of a moderate edition (printed but not published,) in presentation copies,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...I left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father disobev'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. — This plain floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can, Here lies... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 378 pages
...left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father rtisobey'il ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. This plain floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can, Here lies a... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...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...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!... | |
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