 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
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...likeness. P. ' SHUT, shut the door, good John,' fatigued, I said, 'Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.' The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt,...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... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...said ; Tie up the 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
...SATIRES. P. SHUT, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm In seeming terror clad, but kindly bent To work the...of all-sustaining Love : 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
...John ! fatigued I said, Tie up the 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 '.'... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pages
...servant : Shut, shut the door, good John ; fatigued, I said. Tio up the knocker; say I'm sick — I'm dead ! The Dog-star rages ; nay, 'tis past a doubt...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
...ARBUTHNOT." • Shut, shut the door, good John,' fatigued I said ; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead ! The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt,...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 458 pages
...exclaims, — " Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued I said, Tie up the knocker — say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt,...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 456 pages
...exclaims, — " Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued I said, Tie up the knocker — say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt,...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 468 pages
...exclaims, — "Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued I said, Tie up the knocker — say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt,...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... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...in the time of Dr. Johnson, who thought, from the multiplicity of scribblers who annoyed him, that " All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out, Fire in each eye, and papers in each band, They rave, recite and madden round the land." Things in this respect have not greatly improved... | |
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