 | Emily Marion Harris - 1874 - 220 pages
...write ?" he repeated, half mournfully, half in jest. " What sin, to me unknown, 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." " Trade !" said Beaty,... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, »Keep your piece nine years «. , Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...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 a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. Exact Racine and Corneille's noble fire Taught us that... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1876 - 474 pages
...and painters then led. Thus he says to Arbuthnot : " Why did I write ? What sin to me unknown Dipp'd 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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pages
...me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd 1 liip'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...know (Treat Ilo.ncr died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 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, *"o duty broke, no... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...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 a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. Exact Racine and Corneille's noble fire Taught us that... | |
 | 1878 - 446 pages
...Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, iny 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, No duty broke, no father... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago6. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame7, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came8. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke,... | |
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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. 
