 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 ページ
...parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to Fame, 1 lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 1 est seen ; Some tree, whose broad smooth leaves together se w'd And gir ; The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease, my life... | |
 | 1843 - 678 ページ
...prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song)." And, a little further on, he pathetically sings, — " 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 preserv'd to bear." In Gay's Epistle... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 ページ
...unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own '! As yet a child, nor yet a fuol to Fame, I lisp'd ; The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease, my life;... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 ページ
...unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to Fame, I lisp'd ; The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife ; To help me through this long disease, my life... | |
 | 1843 - 708 ページ
...prolong, The world hod wanted many an idle song)." And, a little further on, he pathetically sings,— " The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through Ihis long disease, my life ; To second, Arbnthnot ! thy art and care, And teach the being you preserv'd... | |
 | Joanna M. Glass - 1979 - 68 ページ
...unknown Dipped me in ink, my parent's, or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers 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 this long disease, my... | |
 | Madeleine Kahn - 1991 - 188 ページ
...to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my Parents' or my own? As yet a Child, nor yet a Fool to Fame, I lispt in Numbers, for the Numbers came. I left no Calling...this idle trade, No Duty broke, no Father dis-obey'd The Muse but serv'd to ease some Friend, not Wife To help me thro' this long Disease, my Life. 58 The... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 ページ
...a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 14 The Muse but served t are brief? Today and tomorrow; 15 Did some more sober critic come abroad — If wrong, I smiled; if right, I kiss'd the rod. 16 A... | |
 | Lawrence L. Besserman - 1996 - 278 ページ
...this couplet in the "Epistle to Dr. Arhuthnot," written almost at the same time as the Corbet lines: The Muse but serv'd to ease some Friend, not Wife, To help me thro' this long Disease, my Life. 01- 131-32) If this last counter-suggestion has force, then part... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 ページ
...years ago. Dipped me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed. 130 The Muse but served 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 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? 
