 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 sidor
...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. I left no calling...but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me thro' this long disease, my life, To second, Arbuthnot ! thy art and care, And teach the being you... | |
 | 1796 - 500 sidor
...years ago. Why did I write ? what siu to me uniknpw^i, 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', pr my pwia ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd....this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : i5p The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me thro' this long disease, my life,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 sidor
...let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me nnknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet...calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed : 130 The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me thro' this long disease,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 sidor
...urbanity appeared in every word he uttered. P. 81. 9. Why did I write ? What sin, to me unknown, Dipt me in ink ; my parents, or my own ? As yet a child,...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd.* BOILEAU says, in his fifth epistle, verse 110, that his father left him a decent patrimony, and made... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 sidor
...you let me kno» 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...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me throngh this long disease, my life,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 sidor
...me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write i what sin to ine unknown Dip'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,...this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The Musu but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease, my life,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 sidor
...you let me knuw 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...I lisp'd in numbers, for the 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 sidor
...know, Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 1 25 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child,...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sidor
...let mr know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown DippM ; ah ten times happy had I been, If Hampton- Court...courts to numerous ills betray'd. Oh had I rather unadm disobcy'd ; The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease,... | |
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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.... 
