I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 113edited by - 1779Full view - About this book
| General principles - 1847 - 132 pages
...knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dogstar rages ; nay, 'tis past a doubt — All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out. Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide, They... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...knocker, say I 'm sick, I 'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide 1 They... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide 1 They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide ; By land, by water, they renew... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead ! The dog-stur rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, AH Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They... | |
| English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, ve : From his huge vapory train They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide! They... | |
| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...knocker, say I 'm sick, I 'm dead. The dog-star rages ! nay, 't is past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide '.'... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...knocker, say I 'm sick, I 'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each...madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...knocker, say I 'in sick, I 'in dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each .hand,...round the land. - What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide ? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew... | |
| 1882 - 858 pages
...knocker; say I'm sick — I'm dead ! The Dog-star rages ; nay, 'tis past a doubt All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out. Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. While some have shown in their writings their dislike... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead ! The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide ? They... | |
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