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 Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 105by Alexander Pope - 1854Full view - About this book
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...Arbuthnot (1735): Shut, shut the door, good John*, fatigu'd I said, Tye up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead, The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All...let out: Fire in each eye, and Papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.16 The connection between Parnassus and Bedlam is more... | |
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