 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 Seiten
...me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents' or my own? As yet u child, nor yet u fool to fume, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. 1 left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The mnse but served to case some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease,... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 Seiten
...is universal. (Longfellow. 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 lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. (Pope. PRAYER. Father of life and light ! Thou Good Supreme... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...three thousand years ago. Why did I write? What sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, — my parents',6 or my own? •As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers,7 for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 Seiten
...AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTEREST. " 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. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father... | |
 | GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL - 1892 - 418 Seiten
...celebrated his friends. " 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 ; I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 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. I left no Calling for this idle trade, No Duty broke, no Father... | |
 | Joanna M. Glass - 1979 - 68 Seiten
...the table as be recites.) Why did I write? What sin to me 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... | |
 | Madeleine Kahn - 1991 - 188 Seiten
...a similarly ambiguous thing: 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 lispt in Numbers, for the Numbers came. I left no Calling for this idle trade, No Duty broke, no Father... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...OxBoLi; PoE; PoEL-3; SCV 13 Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or BNC; PoE; PoRA; PPP; TrCP; TrGrPo; WeW; WGRP; WiR lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 14 The Muse but served to ease some friend, not wife, To help... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand 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... | |
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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 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? 
