 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 oldal
...Bufo, 1. 227-244. QUOTATIONS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTEREST. " Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet...calling for this idle 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,... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 oldal
...Bufo, 1. 227-244. QUOTATIONS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTEREST. " Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet...calling for this idle 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,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1889 - 634 oldal
...came, I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; The muse but scrv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through...Arbuthnot ! thy art and care, And teach the being you preserv'd to bear. A. But why then publish? P. Granville the politt And knowing Walsh, would tell me... | |
 | GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL - 1892 - 418 oldal
...a few lines earlier he had thus celebrated his friends. '' Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet...this idle 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... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 oldal
...Johnson's " Works," vii. 451. III.— A POET'S DECORATIONS. 109 *' Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet...this idle 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... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 oldal
...came ; I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The muse but served to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through...Arbuthnot, thy art and care, And teach the being you preserved to bear. But why then publish ? Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1892 - 384 oldal
...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...Arbuthnot, thy art and care, And teach the being you preserved to bear. ' But why then publish ? Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 oldal
...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...this idle 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, t... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 oldal
...let me know Great Homer died 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,...calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobcy'd ; The muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 oldal
...his life, Tells us that Cato dearly loved his wife. POPE. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink ? my parents' or my own ? As yet...to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. Exact Racine and Corneille's noble fire Taught us that France had something to admire. POPE.... | |
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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 125 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.... 
