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" Who pens a stanza, when he should engross ? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, scrawls With desp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. "
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 187
by Joseph Warton - 1806
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq ..., Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...pens a Stanza when hethouldengrefs? Is there, who lock'd from Ink and Paper, fcrawls With defp'rate Charcoal round his darken'd Walls ? All fly to Twit'nam,...and in humble Strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur ', whofe giddy Son negleflsthe Laws, Imputes to me and my damn'd Works the Caufe :...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...a Stanza when he fhould engrofs ? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TWIT'NAM, and in humble ftrain 29 Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, whofe giddy fon neglects the Laws, Imputes...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 288 pages
...pens a Stanza when he mould engrofs ? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TWIT'NAM, and in humble ftraia 20 Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, whofe giddy fon neglects the Laws, Imputes...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...a Stan/a, when he fliould engrofi? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, fcrawls With dcfp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls? All fly to TWIT'NAM, and in humble ftrain 2 1 Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. VA ai AT IONI. After j/ 20. in the MS. Is there a...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78

John Bell - 1796 - 480 pages
...maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stan2a, when he should engross? Is there who, lock'd from...walls ? All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain 21 Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, whose giddy son neglects the laws, Imputes to me...
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Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Republic, and ..., Volume 1

1799 - 464 pages
...a ftanza when he lhould engiofs ? Is there who, lock'd fro:n ink and paper, fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble ltrain Appiy to me to keep them, mad or vain. " Arthur, whole giddy fon neglefts the laws, Imputes...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...dinner-time. Is there a parson much bemus'd in beer, 15 A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when...scrawls With desp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? A 2 All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain 21 Apply to me to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, -whose...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry

Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...pens a Stanza when he mould tngrofs? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper fcrawb Withdefp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls? All .fly to Twit'nam, and in humble (train Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, whofe giddy fon neglefts the law s, Imputes to...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...dinner-time. Is there a parson, much bemus'd in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, Aclirk, forcdoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross ? b there who, lock'd from ink and paper scrawls fVith dcsp'rate charcoal round his darken'd vails...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires. On receiving from the Right ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...a Stanza, when he fhould engrofs ? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TWIT'NAM, and in humble ftrain 21 Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, whofe giddy fon neglecls the Laws, Imputes...
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