 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808
...wife elope, And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life ! (which did not yon prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum...foes, they write ; if friends, they read me dead. Seiz'd and tied down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 651 Seiten
...Friend to my life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop of nostrum can this plague remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? A dire dilemma I either way I'm sped; If foes, they write ; if friends, they read me dead. Seiz'd and tied down to... | |
 | British poets - 1809
...wife elope, And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song} What drop or nostrum...foes, they write ; if friends, they read me dead. Seia'd and tied down to jndge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To langh... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809
...Life! (which did not you proThe world ii.ui vwiitrd many an idle song.) 850 2S1 What Drops orNastrunt ho now shall indolently stray Through the deep forest's' tangled ! cither way 1 'm sped ; If foes, they write; ii' friends, they read me dead. Stis'J and tied down... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 363 Seiten
...Friend to my life (which did not you prolong " The world had wanted many an idle song) " What drop, what nostrum can this plague remove ; " Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ?" How can I Pulteney, Chesterfield forget, ' While Roman spirit charms, and Attic wit !" ' Is that... | |
 | 1809
...Friend to niy life! (whichdidnotyou prolong The world had wanted many an idle song,) What drops of nostrum can this plague remove '• Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love \ dire dilemma ! cither way I'm sped; If foes, they write ; if friends, they read me dead. Seiz'd and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...my life ! (which did you not prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop of nost ruin can this plague remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? 80 A dire dilemma ! either way I'm sped ; If foes, they write, if friends, thiy read me dead. Seiz'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812
...elope, ^5 And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life ! (which, did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum...remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? 30 A dire dilemma ! either way I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seiz'd... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 407 Seiten
...rhyme — " Happy to catch me just at dinnertime." Friend to my life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can tins plague remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? A dire dilemma ! — either way... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 407 Seiten
...rhyme — " Happy to catch me just at dinnnertime." Friend to my life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum...remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love f A dire dilemma .'—either way I'm sped ; If foes, they write ; if friends, they read me dead. Seiz'd... | |
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