 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...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 ; I left no calling for this idle trade, Ko duty broke, no father disobey'd : . The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 334 pages
...died. • In verse spontaneous flow'd my native strain, Forc'd by no sweat or labour of the brain. 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, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers camt. • This pltin... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...numbers came : I left OO calling for this idle trade, Mo duty broke, no father disobey'd : The Hose 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 prrserv'd to bear. But why then publish?... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...dy'd— — In verse spontaneous flow'd my native strain, Forc'd by no sweat or labour of the brain. 1 left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. OvID. F. LEWIs.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to Fauie, 1 lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...for the numbers came. 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 ; To second, Arbuthnot ! thy art and care, And teach, the being you pres»rv'd, to bear. But why then puMis.Ii... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...unknown 1 25 Dipt 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. I left no calling...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease, my life, To... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 420 pages
...In verse spontaneous flow'd my native strain, Forc'd by no sweat or labourof 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, I lisp'din numbers, for the numbers came, POPE. This plain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 448 pages
...In verse spontaneous flow'd my native strain, Forc'd 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, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came, Porn. This... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents' or my own J As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease, my life... | |
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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? 
