 | 1796 - 500 sider
...works only in our wall, 165 lLost, lost too soon in yonder House or Hall. There truant Wyndham ev'ry muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a wit no...Murray, was our boast ! How many Martials were in Pull'ney lost! 170 Else sure some bard, to our eternal praise, In twice ten thousand rhyming nights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 196 sider
...works only in our wall, 165 Lost, lost too scon in yonder house or hall. There truant Windham ev'ry muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a wit no...Murray, was our boast : How many Martials were in Pult'ney lost ! 170 Else sure some bard, to our eternal praise, In twice ten thousand rhyming nights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 184 sider
...works only in our wall, 165 Lost, lost too soon in yonder house or halL There truant Windham ev'ry muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a wit no more 1 How sweet an Ovid Murray, was our boast : How many Martials were in Pult'ney lost ! 170 Else sure... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 sider
...the charm works only in our wall, Lost; lost too soon in yonder house or hall. There truant Wyndham every muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a...our boast ! How many Martials were in Pulteney lost ! Else sure some hard, to our eternal praise, fti twice ten thousand rhyming nights and days, Had reach'd... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 sider
...works only in our wall, 165 Lost, lost too soon in yonder House or Hall. There truant Wyndham ev'ry muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a wit no...Ovid, Murray was our boast ! How many Martials were in Pult'ney lost ! 170 Else sure some bard, to our eternal praise, . In twice ten thousand rbyming nights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 sider
...works only in our wall, 165 Lost, lost too soon in yonder house or hall. There truant Wyndham tvery muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a wit no...Ovid, Murray was our boast ! How many Martials were in Pultcney lost ! 170 Else sure some bard, to our eternal praise, In twice ten thousand rhyming nights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 sider
...charm works only in onr wall, Lost, lost too soon in yonder house or hall. There truant Windham ev'ry muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a wit no...our boast ! How many Martials were in Pulteney lost ! 17I Els* sure some bard, to our eternal praise, In twice ten thousand rhyming nighte and days. Had... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 sider
...the charm works only in our wall, Lost, lost too soon in yonder house or hall. There truant Wyndham every muse gave o'er, There Talbot sunk, and was a...no more ! How sweet an Ovid, Murray was our boast I How many Martials were in Pnlteney lost ! Else sure some hard, to our eternal praise, In twice ten... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 sider
...wall, Lost, lost too soon in yonder house or hall. There truant Wiudhaui every Muse gave o'er, Tli< re Talbot sunk, and was a wit no more ! How sweet an Ovid, Murray was onr boast ! How many Martinis were in Pnltriu-y lost ! 170 Klse sure some bard, to our eternal praise,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 sider
...or hall. There truant Windham every Muse gave o'er, There Tallmt sunk, and was a wit no more ! Ho» sweet an Ovid, Murray was our boast ! How many Martials were in Pultcnry lost ! 170 Klsc sure some bard, to our eternal praise, In twice ten thousand rhyming nights... | |
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We hang one jingling padlock on the mind: A poet the first day he dips his quill; And what the last ? a very poet still. Pity the charm works only in our wall! 
