 The impression we receive is of a feverish struggle for literary existence, a terrible pressure of the poetical population on the means of subsistence. 'Pope writes: — When sick of muse our follies we deplore And promise our best friends to write no...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3171927Full view - About this book
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Latin language - 1889 - 520 pages
...at table is a song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, Not 's self e'er tells more fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best friends to rhyme no more ; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our wit. But... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...table is a Song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, 175 Not —'s self e'er tells more Fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best Friends to rhyme no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our Wit. 180... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 496 pages
...is a Song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, 175 Not — 's self e'er tells more Fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best Friends to rime no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our Wit. 180 He... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 488 pages
...is a Song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, 175 Not — 's self e'er tells more Fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best Friends to rime no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our Wit. .180... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 508 pages
...is a Song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, 175 Not — 's self e'er tells more Fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best Friends to rime no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our Wit. 180 He... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1895 - 600 pages
...table is a Song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, Not —'s self e'er tells more Fibs than I ; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best Friends to rhyme no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our Wit. He serv'da... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Latin literature - 1900 - 332 pages
...at table is a song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, Not 's self e'er tells more fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best friends to rhyme no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our wit But those... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1904 - 574 pages
...table is a Song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie, 175 Not —'s self e'er tells more Fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best Friends to rhyme no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our Wit. 180... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1921 - 626 pages
...more fibs than I ; When sick of muse, or follies we deplore, And promise our best friends to rhyme no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our wit. ALEXANDER POPE. 119 He serv'da 'prenticeship, who sets up shop ; Ward tried on puppies, and the poor,... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 436 pages
...renounce the muses, lie, And all our grace at table is a song. Not 's self e'er tells more fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best friends to rhyme no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our wit. He served... | |
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