 I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the ... - Page 6by Alexander Pope - 1846Full view - About this book
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...picture of those years as they affected the literary world. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, 3 All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each...hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. of an alliterative link, identical with the 'raving' of mental disturbance. Paragraph 2 bears witness... | |
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